Alamein / Simon Ball ; foreword, Hew Strachan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ball, Simon, author.

Contributor:

Strachan, Hew, writer of foreword.

Series:

Great battles (Oxford University Press)

Great Battles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942.

Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

The story of Alamein - one of the pivotal battles of the Second World War, but also one of the most hotly debated in the years since: how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it means for us today.

Contents:

Cover; Great Battles: Alamein; Copyright; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; Abbreviations; 1: Names; 2: Alamein Unplugged; 3: Prisoners; 4: Correspondents; 5: Generals; 6: Soldiers; 7: Tacticians; 8: Strategists; 9: Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Bibliography; Manuscript Sources; London, The National Archives (TNA); Cambridge, The Churchill Archives Centre (CAC) (Online); Hyde Park, NY, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Archive (FDR Library) (Online)

Leeds, Brotherton Library, University of LeedsLondon, Imperial War Museum (IWM); London, Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives (LHCMA), King's College London; Manchester, John Rylands Library (JRL), University of Manchester; Films; Newspapers & Magazines; Books and Articles; Picture Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 10, 2016).

ISBN:

0-19-150462-9

OCLC:

953456233