Snow and Steel: Battle of the Bulge 1944-45
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Snow and Steel: Battle of the Bulge 1944-45

Paperback – International Edition, July 6, 2015

Price
$28.52
Format
Paperback
Pages
400
Publisher
Arrow
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0099588122
Dimensions
5.3 x 1.7 x 8.5 inches
Weight
1.53 pounds

Description

About the Author PETER CADDICK-ADAMS is a Lecturer at the UK Defence Academy specialising in military history and media operations working alongside the late Richard Holmes. His special areas of interest are battlefield history and he researches in Military Doctrine and Leadership. He has led over 200 visits to more than 50 battlefields around the world. He joined the Territorial Army in 1985 and served as a military media advisor in the rank of major.

Features & Highlights

  • Peter Caddick-Adams is one of the leading military historians of his generation compared to James Holland, John Keegan, Anthony Beevor and Max Hastings. In this, his third book, he reviews one of the great final engagements of WW2: The Battle of the Bulge.
  • Snow and Steel
  • will be a huge reassessment of Hitler's last great throw of the dice: 'The Battle of the Bulge', the battle for the Ardennes 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. This is an utterly fascinating five weeks when for a time it looked like Hitler had outflanked the allied armies pushing toward the Rhine and might just throw them back to the Normandy beaches. It is also the context for the catastrophic events at Bastogne depicted so graphically in Band of Brothers.     For military history fans this is one of those touchstone battles of the second world war, written by an author with a fast growing, world-wide reputation. Peter will use primary archival material and personal interviews to write a controversial, commercial, landmark book.

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Impressive Work

Well researched, some new material exposed and new hypotheses examined vs. previous books. The author's approach is to follow the flow of battle with each of the three German armies, the Sixth in the north, Fifth in the center, and the Seventh in the south. Interesting vignettes of personal experiences of the soldiers of both sides heavily flavor the descriptions of the battle movement. The author has walked the areas where the battles took place and examined archeological evidence. Late in the book, the author even lists his own brief reviews of previous books on the Battle of the Bulge such as A Time for Trumpets, and Bitter Woods, most of which I've read. A few more detailed maps would have been welcome, but other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
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Five Stars

Well-researched and well-written account of the background and strategies of this battle.