Hastings also details the plight of prisoners of both the germans and the soviets with many gruesome anecdotes. See all books authored by max hastings, including armageddon. The world at war, 19391945 sums up and surpasses all his previous publications. Jun 12, 2017 hastings points out that for every british or american who was killed in the war, more than 30 soviet citizens perished. From first hand accounts, hastings shows us in shocking detail what war truly is. The battle for germany, 19441945, and all hell let loose, and more on. Hastings shows how germans and britishamericans fought a relatively fair war as fair as world wars can be, taking prisoners not killing them and respecting each others determination to win the war.
Max hastings, simon jenkins, the battle for the falklands, w w norton, 1983, isbn 03930176. He has served as a foreign correspondent and as the editor of britains evening standard and daily telegraph. The battle for germany is the best book i have ever read about ww2, period. A novel of berlin, is a 1963 novel by leon uris about postworld war ii berlin and germany. Vietnam audiobook by max hastings, read by peter noble. Max hastings is the author of more than twenty books, most recently winstons war. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. A twobook collection of max hastings bestselling works about the 20th centurys most terrible global conflicts. A memoir is above all the story of the excitement and exhilaration of almost 10 years at the helm of one of the greatest newspapers in the world. Racing toward armageddon audiobook listen instantly. The secret war, by max hastings the new york times.
He has received numerous british press awards, including journalist of the year in 1982 and editor of the year in 1988. Racing toward armageddon audiobook, by michael baigent. Hastings has received numerous awards for both his books. Since the battle of armageddon is set up under the sixth plague, and the plagues are called the wrath of god.
Max hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of american and vietnamese. He tells the story of both the eastern and western fronts, raising provocative questions and offering vivid portraits of the great leaders. Sir max hugh macdonald hastings, frsl, frhists is a british journalist, editor, historian and author. Hitler and stalin scorned britains armies, but, influenced by the work of rudyard kipling, somerset maugham, and john buchan, they viewed its spies with extravagant respect, indeed cherished a. It is a whiteknuckle narrative that brings clarity and insight to a muchloved tale, as well as offering a vital corrective to the drumthumping conclusions of earlier books. The battle for germany, 19441945 max hastings on amazon. This battle ground was max hastings title, armageddon, the battle for germany, 19441945. This struggle for knowledge was, hastings tells us, unceasing. Review of max hastings armageddon premium assignment help. Hastings deals with the good, the bad and the downright ugly without flinching and without using criticism to deflect from what was an overall immense achievement. A book anyone with an interest in modern warfare will want to read. His parents were macdonald hastings, a journalist and war correspondent, and anne scottjames, sometime editor of harpers bazaar.
Imphal and kohima, leyte gulf and iwo jima, okinawa, and. One of the greatest military feats during the second world war was the transformation of the german forces activities in the weeks following the battles in holland and the german border, where the allies had finally inflicted the greatest catastrophes of modern war on them. Armageddon is the epic story of the last eight months of world war ii in europe by max hastingsone of britains most highly regarded military historians, whose. The villain of the book is clearly the soviet union. Review of max hastings armageddon in armageddon, max hastings, a journalist and historian, advances the history of world war ii, picking up from his previous book, overlord, which highlighted the events of the allied invasion.
Less than 10% of the germans taken prisoner at stalingrad ever returned home. As for monty, the man was undoubtedly a fine military mind but had no idea about diplomacy. With armageddon, the eminent military historian max hastings gives us memorable accounts of the great battles and captures their human impact on soldiers and civilians. Its strength lies in the demythologising the impression that it was a neat and tidy process. Hastings does a great job of describing the bigger picture of this epic tragedy, while also bringing to life the experiences of everyday people, soldiers, civilians and prisoners. Max hastings dambusters book the mail online has been running a piece to promote max hastings soon to be published book about operation chastise. Whatever churchills failingsand he was human, max hastings points out without winston churchill at the head of government, britain would have probably capitulated in 194041. Here are the vivid realities of strife amid jungle and paddies that killed two million people. The world at war 19391945 by max hastings 29sep2011 hardcover.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Max hastings account of the final year of the second world war concentrates on the views and memories of allied personnel with some russians in the red army and the german wehrmacht and luftwaffe. There was no military need, and the political decisions had already been made. Hastings is generous in both praise and criticism of all the protagonists, but market garden was a mistake and having read the chapter on the crossing of the rhine this was not the best obstacle crossing ever attempted. May 10, 2016 hastings begins by setting the stage for the exploration of the elements of this secret war, reminding readers that many of the conflicts outcomes were profoundly influenced by a host of men and women who never fired a shot. Armageddon by james patterson overdrive rakuten overdrive. May 2, 2005 journalist max hastings discusses his new book, armageddon. Hastings disparages writers who describe a secret activity that turned the tide, but few readers will be able to resist his version of events. In his youth he was a foreign correspondent for newspapers and bbc television. Max hastings books list of books by author max hastings. In september 1944, the allies believed that hitlers army was beaten, and expected. United nations special operations command sent an elite expeditionary force of soldiers and pilots out on a simple recon mission, and somehow along the way they sparked an alien civil war. Inferno the world at war, 19391945 by max hastings.
Hastings, who wrote bomber command 1979 about the british firebombing of german cities, has written an intriguing survey of the last two years of world war ii in europe. One of the air forces top guns, captain breanna stockard is training brunei pilots to fly the eb52 megafortress. Synopsis as a military historian max hastings has few equals. Listen to armageddon the battle for germany 194445 by max hastings available from rakuten kobo. Armageddon audible audiobook abridged max hastings author, john sessions narrator, pan macmillan publishers ltd. The novel starts in london during world war ii, and goes through to the four power occupation of berlin and the soviet blockade by land of the citys western boroughs. Armageddon the battle for germany hastings, max on. What is always most impressive about max hastings is the effort he puts into being judicious, laying out for example the shortcomings of eisenhowers decision not to race to berlin, then going on to explain its rationale. The battle for germany 194445 max hastings armageddon. It is one of those books that avoid the usual catechism the germans were mean and everybody else was good. Max hastings has researched archives in four countries and interviewed 170 witnesses to piece together a saga that is at once fascinating military history and the greatest human tragedy of the twentieth century. Both books display his distinctive virtues as a military historian.
Hastings is a master when writing of battles on the it was the biggest battlefield in history, spreading from the english channel to the vistula river in poland. The secret war by max hastings to understand how electronic surveillance of communications worldwide has become one of the prime weapons employed by britain and the united states in its war against terrorism and terrorists, one needs to read max hastings book, the secret war, summed up in the sunday times as gripping as any spy thriller. Times literary supplement one of the greatest military feats during the second world war was the transformation of the german forces activities in the weeks following the battles in holland and on the german border, where the allies had finally inflicted the greatest catastrophes of modern war on them. May 15, 2016 the secret war spies, cyphers and guerrillas 19391945 by max hastings illustrated. Spying is the secondoldest profession, at least according to the. Armageddon is a deep and broad ranging tome of the war in europe after the normandy invasion had played its course. In racing toward armageddon, michael baigent, the new york times bestselling author of the jesus papers and holy blood, holy grail, exposes the conspiracy of religious extremists in the holy land and their efforts to bring about the end of the world in our lifetime. Armageddon books is the worlds largest bible prophecy bookstore with more than 1,000 books, dvds and charts on bible prophecy representing a wide variety of prophetic views. Armageddon tells the story of the climatic months of the second world war, the destruction of hitlers germany. Max hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of american and vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. In this centenary year, hastings thrilling and also deeply moving account seeks to explain both how europe plunged into what was then called the great war, what befell the millions of people of many nations caught up in the first months on.
Europe goes to war audible audiobook unabridged max hastings author, simon vance narrator, blackstone audio, inc. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Max hastings is the author of more than twenty books, including catastrophe 1914. Booktopia bookshop search results for max hastings. A virtuoso performance from a veteran military historian. Spine is slightly skewed and loose, small bumps on corners and spine ends. The article, the core of which is, presumably, in hastings own words, says 56 crewmen of 617 sqn died in the raid whereas three survived, as is well known. Although browne later became a bishop, it is unlikely that anything in his later life matched the drama of the ensuing 10 hours. Armageddon by max hastings is the epic story of the last eight months of the war in northern europe. Max hastings has 75 books on goodreads with 96672 ratings.
The battle for germany 194445 main market by max hastings. Armageddon by max hastings, first edition abebooks. The battle for germany, 194445 kindle edition by hastings, max. After there was trouble on the home front, and the president had to authorize a nuclear strike on. Vietnam became the western worlds most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for france in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the united states in 1975. This massive tome provides an organized and intimate window into the appalling toll of war, a toll exacerbated by errors overconfidence contributed particularly among the western allies on the one hand and the incalculable atrocities the vengeance of the russians. Vietnam became the western worlds most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for france in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the united. Max hastings armageddon 194445 army rumour service. This is epic story of the last eight months of world war ii in europe by one of britains most highly regarded military historians, whose.
Armageddon is the epic story of the last eight months of world war ii in europe by max hastings one of britains most highly regarded military historians. Written by max hastings, audiobook narrated by john sessions. The battle for germany 194445 main market by hastings, max isbn. Armageddon isbn 9780330490627 pdf epub max hastings ebook. Armageddon offers an impressively researched, beautifully crafted narrative of the second world wars european finale. Douglas porch times literary supplement hastings writes with authority, as well as humanity, about the realities of combatthe fear, smells, hunger, humiliation and the horrendous wounds inflicted. Armageddon is a sequel to hastingss overlord his fine account of the normandy landings published in 1984.
In armageddon mark hastings has provided an in depth and wide ranging history of the last months of world war ii in europe. The battle for germany, 19441945 by max hastings and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. If this charlatan and sexual adventurer had become prime minister, id have emigrated says his former boss. Max hastings is currently considered a single author. But when a violent attempted kidnapping threatens a major arms deal about to take place, breanna and her husband major jeff zen stockard must uncover a plot that in this volatile. Hastings delivers an incisive, brutally honest account of the last months of the hitler era.
Max hastings edited the telegraph for years, but despite the accent, the military leanings and the country causes, he wont admit to being a tory. An absorbing and definitive modern history of the vietnam war from the acclaimed new york times bestselling author of the secret war. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. From one of the foremost historians of the period and the acclaimed author of inferno and catastrophe. Featuring the most remarkable cast of commanders the world has ever seen, the dramatic battle for japan of 194445 was acted out across the vast stage of asia. In this compelling study max hastings addresses the big human and military questions. A companion volume to his bestselling armageddon, max hastings account of the battle for japan is a masterful military history. Dday and the battle for normandy 1944 unabridged 2014 bomber. Sep 28, 2015 the soes activities allow hastings to expand on a principle the importance of hard power on land, at sea and in the air if a combatant is to exploit any secret knowledge. Armageddon is a classic war history in the style of such masters as alexander werth, john ericksen and, more recently, antony beevor. Number two on the list of alien outlaws is an unstop. Sir max hastings chronicles vietnam with the benefit of vivid personal memories. Max hastings is the author of more than 20 books, including catastrophe 1914. The battle for germany, 19441945 by hastings, max and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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