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A collector’s edition.

First published in the year after his death in 1970, Liddell Hart’s History of the Second World War is a classic military tome from one of the best military strategists of his generation. With his distinctive voice, he covers the most famous of all wars with searing insight and authoritative knowledge of tactics and strategy. Few have attempted to condense those six bloody years into one volume, and Liddell’s Hart’s achievement is a true classic.

Reviews:

‘It is a work of great length and great learning, illuminated by flashes of insight … full of brilliant strategic analysis’ A.J.P. Taylor

‘A work of art … Liddell Hart is not simply a prophet and a critic but a historian of great rank’ Economist.

Good clean copy of a classic account of the military tactics and strategies of all the main WW2 operations and battles. the maps redrawn for this edition are very clear, revealing the dispositions of troops and their commanders greatly aiding the understanding of the written accounts. Frequent references to other sources, especially W. Churchill’s memoirs, are a constant reminder of the fact that no one account of this momentous period can stand alone, including this one.

Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart (31 October 1895 – 29 January 1970), commonly known throughout most of his career as Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, was a British soldier, military historian, and military theorist. He wrote a series of military histories that proved influential among strategists. Arguing that frontal assault was bound to fail at great cost in lives, as proven in World War I, he recommended the “indirect approach” and reliance on fast-moving armoured formations.

His pre-war publications are known to have influenced German World War II strategy, though he was accused of prompting captured generals to exaggerate his part in the development of blitzkrieg tactics. He also helped promote the Rommel myth and the “clean Wehrmacht” argument for political purposes, when the Cold War necessitated the recruitment of a new West German army.