Publication

2019-05-07 - Library of America

Language

English

Word Count

252,000 words, Guess

Page Count

1,008 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL27328974M
  • ISBN-139781598536119
  • ISBN-101598536117
  • OCLC Control Number1098186955
  • Amazon1598536117

Classifications

  • LCCD756.5.N6 R93 2019

Description

"Library of America presents two of the best books ever written about World War II in a deluxe collector's edition featuring 88 pages of photographs, full-color endpaper maps, rare archival material revealing how the books were written, and a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Rick Atkinson (The Liberation Trilogy). The Longest Day tells the story of the Allies' greatest success, the Normandy invasions of June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord; A Bridge Too Far recounts perhaps their greatest failure, the catastrophic airborne invasion of Holland in September 1944, known as Operation Market Garden. Together, they reveal not only the twisting fortunes of war and the grand sweep and scale of the largest amphibious and airborne invasions ever mounted, but also the very real human experience of combat, the small but momentous individual acts that can change the course of history. No one has told these stories more powerfully than Cornelius Ryan."--Amazon.

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