Sep 09, 2012 beevor does not spare us the details of such cruelties. An antinazi journalist covering the event commented that he, too, leapt to his feet and only just stopped himself from. A beautiful first edition, first printing, of beevors major 2012 work, in as new unread condition in a similarly perfect unclipped dustwrapper showing new price at. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the bloodiest and most tragic events of the twentieth century, the second. Weighing in at 880 pages it provides a comprehensive, well considered and well written account of a truly momentous set of events in world history. Jul 27, 2012 in the second world war, antony beevor recounts world war ii as tolstoy would have described it the great and the small. This is the first of a number of rather belated posts on talks by military historians that i attended at the edinburgh book festival in august 2012. Antony beevor reconstructs the experiences of those millions caught up in the nightmare of the third reichs final collapse, telling a terrible story of pride, stupidity, fanatacism, revenge and savagery, but also one of astonishing endurance, selfsacrifice and survival against all odds. He began by pointing out that every country has its own perspective.
All in all antony beevors the second world war, is. Renowned historian antony beevors dday the battle for normandy is an easy to read book written in populist style that should appeal to the first time reader or those that who have little knowledge on the subject. He is the author of crete the battle and the resistance, which won a runciman prize, paris after the liberation, 19441949 written with his wife artemis cooper, stalingrad, which won the samuel johnson prize, the wolfson prize for history and the hawthornden prize for literature, berlin the downfall, which received. The second world war by antony beevor the washington post. In the second world war, antony beevor recounts world war ii as tolstoy would have described it the great and the small. Antony beevor has done a great deal to popularise history. Jun 23, 2012 lessons for europe from the second world war historian antony beevors new book uncovers telling details about the 20th centurys greatest conflict, beginning with the unlikely story of a korean. This unread book is guaranteed to be a 1st edition, 1st printing.
He has published several popular histories on the second world war and the 20th. Antony beevor books list of books by author antony beevor. Antony beevor s general history of the second world war is a momentous achievement. Using the most uptodate scholarship and research, and writing with clarity and compassion, beevor assembles the whole picture of the second world war in a gripping narrative that extends from the north atlantic to the south pacific, from the snowbound steppe to the north african desert, to the bur. Stalingrad author anthony beevor speaks out over ukraine book ban. The book is choke full of facts but the most pleasant part is for every major battle the author finds a diary or a letter from a low level participant and personalizes the engagement through the participants eyes. Over the past two decades, antony beevor has established himself as one of the worlds premier historians of world war ii.
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Dday is a vibrant work of history that honors the sacrifice of tens of thousands of men and women. Jul 30, 2012 our guest is military historian and author antony beevor. He discusses his newly released historical narrative, the second world war. Antony beevor talked about his recent book on the second world war on 21 august 2012. A book aimed at an international audience may leave british readers feeling. Antony beevor, author, the second world war youtube. The second world war by antony beevor new statesman.
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Another problem beevor faces is the fact that his new book was published at the end of a long line of other allencompassing histories of the second world war, including andrew robertss the. Acclaimed british historian antony beevors recently published the second world war is a masterful account of the worst conflict in human history, when truly the entire world became engulfed in the flames of war. John gray new statesman 20120611 the book that beevor has been building towards. He has been married to artemis cooper since february 1, 1986. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. The second world war, by anthony beevor the independent. Antony james beevor, frsl born 14 december 1946 is a british historian, educated at winchester college and sandhurst. Lessons for europe from the second world war historian antony beevors new book uncovers telling details about the 20th centurys greatest conflict, beginning with the unlikely story of. At the jaipur literature festival over the weekend, mr. The second world war by antony beevor washington post. He is the author of cretethe battle and the resistance, which won a runciman prize, paris after the liberation, 19441949 written with his wife artemis cooper, stalingrad, which won the samuel johnson prize, the wolfson prize for history and the hawthornden prize for literature, berlinthe downfall, which. The second world war is a narrative history of world war ii by the british historian antony beevor. Antony beevor the second world war edinburgh book festival.
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Our guest is military historian and author antony beevor. Beevor talked to india ink about how he wrote his 2012 book, the second world war, the treatment of the conflicts gruesome aspects and why the war still interests readers. He has been married to artemis cooper since february 1. Jun 11, 2012 modesty is a pleasing virtue in a writer but antony beevor surely has little need to be diffident. Beevor does not spare us the details of such cruelties.
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A masterful and comprehensive chronicle of world war ii, by internationally bestselling historian antony beevor. His next book, the second world war, published in june 2012, was a no 1 bestseller in britain and four other countries, and a bestseller in another five. Publishers number sequence 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 confirms that this is a first printing. The battle for normandy by antony beevor paperback, 2012. There are things that are too horrific to put in a book the historian antony beevor tells keith lowe why his next book will confront one of the last taboos of the second world war.
Beevor has demonstrated, through his previous books on stalingrad, dday and the fall of. Copious footnotes, good maps and a very useful bibliography. Anthony beevor was born on december 14, 1946 in london, england as antony james beevor. Sir antony james beevor, frsl born 14 december 1946 is an english military historian. Having written previously on various aspects of the era, beevors work attempts to synthesize his prior research into a detailed narrative of world war ii. Jun 05, 2012 the second world war ebook written by antony beevor. Antony beevor, chronicler of european history, has chilling warnings about the current rise in militant nationalism. Jul 25, 2012 another problem beevor faces is the fact that his new book was published at the end of a long line of other allencompassing histories of the second world war, including andrew robertss the. He studied under the famous military historian john keegan. Antony beevor, using many overlooked and new sources from dutch, british, american, polish and german archives, has reconstructed the terrible reality of this epic clash. Antony beevors survey of world war ii reconstructs the battles at sea.