Blood, Tears and Folly, In the darkest hours of the Second World War

Deighton, Len

£15.00

This study sets the drama of war on a world stage, and examines why, 50 years on, the lessons of World War II – when humanity was consumed by violence and destruction – still reverberate unheeded. Beginning with the political and industrial roots in the Great War of 1914-1918, Deighton unfolds the advance of the Axis powers from the Battle of the Atlantic to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. By 1942, the civilized world was brought to the brink of ruin. Yet now again racial hatred rears its head, turmoil continues over Middle-Eastern oil, Britain neglects education and its industrial base, and recession threatens new trade wars and economic migration on a fightening scale. Len Deighton is the author of “Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain”, “The Battle of Britain” and “Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk”. He is also the author of the spy novels, “The Ipcress File” and “Game, Set and Match”.

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Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Publisher City
London
Year
1992
Edition
1st
Format
h/b
Author
Deighton, Len
SKU
IYC132395
Categories
Condition
Good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (fair, some bumping in small rip at spine base), black boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp.
Size
8vo: royal (250 x 170 / 10" x 6_")
Page Count
652
ISBN
9780224031356