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  | | Patton(Reprint) Genius for War, A by Carlo D'este Paperback, 1,024 Pages, Published 1996 by Harper Perennial Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-06-092762-2, ISBN: 0-06-092762-3 ""Patton: A Genius for War" is a full-fledged portrait of an extraordinary American that reveals the complex and contradictory personality that lay behind the swashbuckling and brash facade. According to "Publishers Weekly," the result is "a major biography of a major American military figure." "This massive work is biography at its very best. Literate and meaty, incisive and balanced, detailed without being pedantic. Mr. D'Este's Patto ..." |
 | | Warlord(1st Edition) A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945 by Carlo D'este Paperback, 880 Pages, Published 2009 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-057574-8, ISBN: 0-06-057574-3 "Warlord is the definitive chronicle of Churchill's crucial role as one of the world's most renowned military leaders, from his early adventures on the North-West Frontier of colonial India and the Boer War through his extraordinary service in both world wars. Using extensive, untapped archival materials, Carlo D'Este illuminates Churchill's character as never before, exploring his strategies behind the major military campaigns of World ..." |
 | | Eisenhower(1st Edition) A Soldier's Life by Carlo D'este, Carlo. DEste Paperback, 880 Pages, Published 2003 by Holt Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-5687-7, ISBN: 0-8050-5687-4 ""An excellent book . . . D'Este's masterly account comes into its own." "The Washington Post Book World"Born into hardscrabble poverty in rural Kansas, the son of stern pacifists, Dwight David Eisenhower graduated from high school more likely to teach history than to make it. Casting new light on this profound evolution, Eisenhower chronicles the unlikely, dramatic rise of the supreme Allied commander.With full access to private papers ..." |
 | | On War(1st Edition) The Best Military Histories by Rick Atkinson, Sir Max Hastings, Carlo D'este, Tim O'brien, Dr Gerhard L. Weinberg, Allan Reed Millett, James Mcpeherson, Professor James Mcpherson, Alan Millet, Lawrence Rush Atkinson Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2013 by Pritzker Military Museum And Library ISBN-13: 978-0-9897928-1-3, ISBN: 0-9897928-1-1 "As long as men have gone into battle, men have studied war. Herodotus and Tacitus were classic historians, analyzing the background of events. Thucydides used interviews to tell the story of the Peloponnesian War and Plutarch wrote biographies of famous people like Caesar and Alexander. Sun Tzu, Homer, and Clausewitz remain required reading for those studying military affairs today. Collected here for the first time are key works by ..." |
 | | Generals of the Bulge(1st Edition) Leadership in the U.S. Army's Greatest Battle by Jerry D. Morelock, Martin Blumenson, Carlo D'este, Carlos D'este Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2015 by Stackpole Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8117-1199-9, ISBN: 0-8117-1199-4 "The Battle of the Bulge lives in history as the U.S. Army's largest and bloodiest battle of World War II. This innovative study of American military leadership in action during the battle examines the performance of six generals in the days and weeks after the German attack in December 1944.• Generals covered include Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley, among others• Five levels of command are studied: supreme coalition, army group, arm ..." |
 | | Decision in Normandy(Reprint) by Carlo D'este Hardcover, 560 Pages, Published 2000 by Konecky & Konecky Military Books ISBN-13: 978-1-56852-260-9, ISBN: 1-56852-260-6 "The battle for Normandy was the most complex and daring military operation in the history of modern warfare. Two years of intense, detailed planning reached its successful conclusion when the Allied forces took the beaches on D-Day. But the seventy-six-day campaign that followed, the Allies' crucial bid for a toehold in western Europe, was one of the bloodiest of the war, and its true story has been concealed in myth. Drawing on a wealt ..." |
 | | Fatal Decision Anzio and the Battle for Rome by Carlo D'este Paperback, 608 Pages, Published 2008 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-057649-3, ISBN: 0-06-057649-9 "Fatal Decision is a powerful, dramatic, moving, and ultimately definitive narrative of one of the most desperate campaigns of World War II. In the winter of 1943-44, Anzio, a small Mediterranean resort and port some thirty-five miles south of Rome, played a crucial role in the fortunes of World War II as the target of an amphibious Allied landing. The Allies planned to bypass the strong German defenses along the Gustav Line and at Monte ..." |
 | | Bitter Victory The Battle for Sicily, 1943 by Carlo D'este, Laura Ingalls Wilder Paperback, 688 Pages, Published 2008 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-057650-9, ISBN: 0-06-057650-2 "Bitter Victory illuminates a chapter of World War II that has lacked a balanced, full-scale treatment until now. In recounting the second-largest amphibious operation in military history, Carlo D'Este for the first time reveals the conflicts in planning and the behind-the-scenes quarrels between top Allied commanders. The book explodes the myth of the Patton-Montgomery rivalry and exposes how Alexander's inept generalship nearly wrecked ..." |
 | | Eisenhower(1st Edition) A Soldier's Life by Carlo D'este, Carlo. DEste Hardcover, 864 Pages, Published 2002 by Henry Holt And Co. ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-5686-0, ISBN: 0-8050-5686-6 "From the bestselling author of Patton: A Genius for War comes a compelling new account of the transformation of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, from apprehensive soldier to one of our greatest heros.In the weeks leading up to D-Day, Dwight D. Eisenhower seethed with nervous energy. He had not expected his military career to bring him to this moment. The son of pacifists, Ike graduated from high school more likely to teach history than to ..." |
 | | Decision in Normandy(Updated) by Carlo D'este Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 2001 by Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-14-139056-7, ISBN: 0-14-139056-5 "Field Marshal Montgomery's battleplan for Normandy, following the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, remains one of the most controversial campaigns of the Second World War. Carlo D'Este's book gives the fullest possible account of the conception and execution of Montgomery's plan, with all its problems and complexities. It brings to light information from diaries, papers and letters, that were not available in Montgomery's lifetime and dra ..." |
 | | Fatal Decision(1st Edition) Anzio and the Battle for Rome by Carlo D'este, DDste Carlo Paperback, 608 Pages, Published 1992 by Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-092148-4, ISBN: 0-06-092148-X "Fatal Decision is a powerful, dramatic, moving, and ultimately definitive narrative of one of the most desperate campaigns of World War II. In the winter of 1943-44, Anzio, a small Mediterranean resort and port some thirty-five miles south of Rome, played a crucial role in the fortunes of World War II as the target of an amphibious Allied landing. The Allies planned to bypass the strong German defenses along the Gustav Line and at Monte ..." |
 | | Decision in Normandy(1st Edition) by Carlo D'este Paperback, 555 Pages, Published 1991 by Harperperennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-097312-4, ISBN: 0-06-097312-9 "The battle for Normandy was the most complex and daring military operation in the history of modern warfare. Two years of intense, detailed planning reached its successful conclusion when the Allied forces took the beaches on D-Day. But the seventy-six-day campaign that followed, the Allies' crucial bid for a toehold in western Europe, was one of the bloodiest of the war, and its true story has been concealed in myth. Drawing on a wealt ..." |
 | | World War II in the Mediterranean, 1942-1945(1st Edition) (MAJOR BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS) by Carlo D'este, Portia Derossi Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 1990 by Algonquin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-945575-04-7, ISBN: 0-945575-04-1 "Peter Tompkins relates his exploits in Rome in A Spy in Rome (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962). A fine account of the fall of Rome is Raleigh Trevelyan, Rome '44: The Battle for the Eternal City (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1981). Harmon's memoirs, Combat Commander, provide a bitter remembrance of Anzio, as do his two articles in the Saturday Evening Post in 1948. Truscott's Command Missions likewise presents a thorough accoun ..." |
 | | Battle(Updated) The Story of the Bulge by John Toland, Carlo D'este Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 1999 by Bison Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-9437-0, ISBN: 0-8032-9437-9 "'The perspective of 15 years, painstaking research, thousands of interviews, extensive analysis and evaluation, and the creative talent of John Toland [paint] the epic struggle on an immense canvas...Toland writes with the authority of a man who was there...He tastes the bitterness of defeat of those who surrendered and writes as if he had the benefit of the eyes and ears of soldiers and generals on the other side of the line...If you c ..." |
 | | Patton(1st Edition) A Genius for War by Carlo D'este . Hardcover, 992 Pages, Published 1995 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-016455-3, ISBN: 0-06-016455-7 "A comprehensive biography of General George Patton draws on hitherto unavailable letters, diaries, and memoirs, uncovering many new facts to create an insightful and definitive portrait of an American military hero." |
 | | Eisenhower(Updated) Allied Supreme Commander (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Carlo D'este Paperback, 864 Pages, Published 2004 by Phoenix ISBN-13: 978-0-304-36658-3, ISBN: 0-304-36658-7 "As well as the key military issues, D'Este reveals the truth about Eisenhower's alleged romance with his British driver, Kay Summersby, his troubled marriage and his eye for the political future.This is the definitive biography of the most ..." |
 | | Fatal Decision(1st Edition) Anzio and the Battle for Rome by Carlo D'este Hardcover, 566 Pages, Published 1991 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-015890-3, ISBN: 0-06-015890-5 "Fatal Decision is a powerful, dramatic, moving, and ultimately definitive narrative of one of the most desperate campaigns of World War II. In the winter of 1943-44, Anzio, a small Mediterranean resort and port some thirty-five miles south of Rome, played a crucial role in the fortunes of World War II as the target of an amphibious Allied landing. The Allies planned to bypass the strong German defenses along the Gustav Line and at Monte ..." |
 | | Bitter Victory(Reprint) The Battle for Sicily July-August 1943 by Carlo D'este Paperback, 672 Pages, Published 1991 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-097313-1, ISBN: 0-06-097313-7 "Bitter Victory illuminates a chapter of World War II that has lacked a balanced, full-scale treatment until now. In recounting the second-largest amphibious operation in military history, Carlo D'Este for the first time reveals the conflicts in planning and the behind-the-scenes quarrels between top Allied commanders. The book explodes the myth of the Patton-Montgomery rivalry and exposes how Alexander's inept generalship nearly wrecked ..." |
 | | Order in Chaos(Reprint) The Memoirs of General of Panzer Troops Hermann Balck (Foreign Military Studies) by Hermann Balck, Carlo D'este, David T. Zabecki, Dieter J. Biedekarken Paperback, 578 Pages, Published 2017 by University Press Of Kentucky ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-7403-7, ISBN: 0-8131-7403-1 "German general Hermann Balck (1897--1982) was considered to be one of World War II's greatest battlefield commanders. His brilliantly fought battles were masterpieces of tactical agility, mobile counterattack, and the technique of Auftragstaktik, or "mission command." However, because he declined to participate in the U.S. Army's military history debriefing program, today he is known only to serious students of the war.Drawing heavily o ..." |
 | | Dignity of Duty(1st Edition) The Journals of Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath, 1861-1898 by Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath, Carlo D'este, Susan Gilbreath Lane, Kenneth Clarke Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2015 by Pritzker Military Museum And Library ISBN-13: 978-0-9897928-5-1, ISBN: 0-9897928-5-4 "Published 117 years after his death, the journals of the American soldier Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath provide a compelling vantage point by which to view contemporary American history. They tell, first and foremost, a tale of war in which there is no glory―only carnage and death. Through Gilbreath’s firsthand accounts we get a sense of what life was like during the Civil War, the Indian Wars, and the War with Spain from an accomplished f ..." |
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