Carlo D'Este's previous book, PATTON cemented his reputation as one of the best-selling historians of the Second World War. John Keegan called it 'a magnificent portrait'. The Sunday Telegraph called it 'superb biography'. Now he turns to America's most successful commander of the war, the future president Dwight D Eisenhower. Born in poverty, the child of convinced pacifists, Eisenhower rose to command the Allied invasion force from D-Day to the conquest of Germany. He remains a controversial figure, especially to the ...
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Carlo D'Este's previous book, PATTON cemented his reputation as one of the best-selling historians of the Second World War. John Keegan called it 'a magnificent portrait'. The Sunday Telegraph called it 'superb biography'. Now he turns to America's most successful commander of the war, the future president Dwight D Eisenhower. Born in poverty, the child of convinced pacifists, Eisenhower rose to command the Allied invasion force from D-Day to the conquest of Germany. He remains a controversial figure, especially to the British. Eisenhower had a prickly relationship with his most notorious subordinate, the British General Montgomery. As well as the key military issues, D'Este reveals the truth about Eisenhower's alleged romance with his British driver, Kay Summersby, his troubled marriage and his eye for the political future. This is the definitive biography of the most important officer in the Allied armies of the Second World War.
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Very good in d/w. Political & Biographies-General With full access to his private papers and letters, D'Este traces Eisenhower's meteoric rise to high command and identifies the complex character behind Ike's calm self-assurance. He reveals a man of surprising complexity: A born optimist who always expected to win. Eisenhower was a master manipulator who concealed sharp intelligence. In the hours before D-Day Ike seemed like the loneliest man in the world. As he remarked to Kay Summersby, "It's hard to look a soldier in the eye when you fear you are sending him to his death". UL-XXXXXX. 848pp, 50 b/w photos.
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Fine Condition in Near Fine jacket. Clean bright unmarked pages; unclipped jacket with only slight wear along the upper edge. In a superbly paced narrative, based on outstanding research, D'Este, an accomplished military historian, provides the best account yet of Eisenhower's army career. The book is unlikely to be bettered...D'Este sensibly makes no attempt to engage in armchair theorising about military strategy. Instead he offers a detailed and meticulously researched chronology, which is always offset by a sensitively drawn portrait of Eisenhower's psychology and private life...splendid biography...(Desmond King LITERARY REVIEW, June 2003) 880 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780304366040. Inventory No: dscf8209.
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Near fine in Very good jacket. Near fine/VGC. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2003. First UK edition-first impression. Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, two small dents and scratch on the edges of the cover and spine) in near fine condition, with Dj(some creases, nicks and scratches on the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages as new with a small ink mark on the outer edges, a couple of creases on the edges of the pages, two pencil marks impression on the edges of the front endpaper. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.851pp including Notes, sources and selected bibliography, index. Price clipped. Heavy book(approx 1.6 Kg).
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Very Good. A few light scratches and minor shelf wear on jacket. Also some foxing on outer edge of pages on top of book and a small sticker from previous owner on first blank page. Content is fine. Sewn binding. 880 p. 49.
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A hardback volume in Very Good condition, in a similar dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own).
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Like New. Size: 87x26x136; Excellent Trade PB: NO page markings, Very Clean, Tight; Light shelf edge wear. Most intl arrive 4-10 business days. Choose Expedited or 2 day for faster delivery.