World in Crisis - Walter Lord, Richard Tregaskis, William J. Craig

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Three New York Times-bestselling World War II histories, including the true story of the miraculous evacuation portrayed in the Christopher Nolan film Dunkirk. The monumental scope and breathtaking heroism of World War II are brought to vivid life in three riveting accounts that span the conflict's Western Front, Eastern Front, and Pacific Theater. The Miracle of Dunkirk: The definitive account of the evacuation of 338,000 British and French soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk. Based on interviews with hundreds of survivors and masterfully woven together into a cinematic portrait, The Miracle of Dunkirk captures a pivotal moment when the outcome of World War II hung in the balance. "Stunning . . . The difference between the Lord technique and that of any number of academic historians is the originality of his reportage" (The New York Times). Enemy at the Gates: New York Times bestseller and the inspiration for the 2001 film starring Joseph Fiennes and Jude Law. The siege of Stalingrad lasted five months, one week, and three days. Nearly two million men and women died, and Germany's 6th Army was completely destroyed. Considered by many historians to be the turning point of World War II in Europe, the Soviet Army's victory foreshadowed Hitler's downfall and the rise of a communist superpower. Crafted from five years of exhaustive research and interviews with hundreds of survivors, Enemy at the Gates is "probably the best single work on the epic battle of Stalingrad . . . An unforgettable and haunting reading experience" (Cornelius Ryan, author of The Longest Day). Guadalcanal Diary: #1 New York Times bestseller and the basis for the 1943 film starring Anthony Quinn and Richard Conte. Volunteer combat correspondent Richard Tregaskis was one of two journalists to witness the invasion of Guadalcanal, the first major Allied offensive against Japanese forces and the first time in history that a combined air, land, and sea assault had ever been attempted. Hailed by the New York Times as "one of the literary events of its time," Guadalcanal Diary is "a superb example of war reporting at its best" (Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down).

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Walter Lord (1917-2002) was an acclaimed and bestselling author of literary nonfiction best known for his gripping and meticulously researched accounts of watershed historical events. His first book was The Fremantle Diary (1954), a volume of Civil War diaries that became a surprising success. But it was Lord's next book, A Night to Remember (1955), that made him famous. Lord went on to use the book's interview-heavy format as a template for most of his following works, which included detailed reconstructions of the Pearl Harbor attack in Day of Infamy (1957), the battle of Midway in Incredible Victory (1967), and the integration of the University of Mississippi in The Past That Would Not Die (1965).

Inhalt

Cover Page
Title Page
Contents
The Miracle of Dunkirk
- Dedication
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- 1 The Closing Trap
- 2 No. 17 Turns Up
- 3 "Operation Dynamo"
- 4 Buying Time
- 5 "Plenty Troops, Few Boats"
- 6 The Gap
- 7 Torpedoes in the Night
- 8 Assault from the Sky
- 9 The Little Ships
- 10 "Bras-Dessus, Bras-Dessus!"
- 11 Holding the Perimeter
- 12 "I Have Never Prayed So Hard Before"
- 13 "BEF Evacuated"
- 14 The Last Night
- 15 Deliverance
- Written Source Material
- Acknowledgements
- List of Contributors
- Index
  - A
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- Image Gallery
- Enemy at the Gates
  - Title Page
  - Dedication
  - Prologue
- Part One
  - Chapter One
  - Chapter Two
  - Chapter Three
  - Chapter Four
  - Chapter Five
  - Chapter Six
  - Chapter Seven
  - Chapter Eight
  - Chapter Nine
  - Chapter Ten
  - Chapter Eleven
  - Chapter Twelve
  - Chapter Thirteen
  - Chapter Fourteen
  - Chapter Fifteen
- Part Two
  - Chapter Sixteen
  - Chapter Seventeen
  - Chapter Eighteen
  - Chapter Nineteen
  - Chapter Twenty
  - Chapter Twenty-one
  - Chapter Twenty-two
  - Chapter Twenty-three
  - Chapter Twenty-four
  - Chapter Twenty-five
  - Chapter Twenty-six
  - Chapter Twenty-seven
  - Chapter Twenty-eight
  - Chapter Twenty-nine
  - Chapter Thirty
- Epilogue: Among the Survivors
- Image Gallery
- Acknowledgments
- Selected Bibliography
- Chapter Notes
- Index
- Guadalcanal Diary
  - Title Page
  - Introduction by Mark Bowden
- I Approach
  - July 26-August 6
- II Landing
  - August 7-August 8
- III Contact
  - August 9-August 13
- IV Expedition to Matanikau
  - August 14-August 20
- V Tenaru Front
  - August 21-August 22
- VI Bombardment
  - August 23-September 6
- VII Battle of the Ridge
  - September 7-September 24
- VIII Bomber to Bougainville
  - September 25-September 26
- Postscript by the Editors of International News Service
- Afterword by Moana Tregaskis
- About the Authors
- Copyright Page