BitterSea
- 作者
- 出版社 HarperCollinsUK
- 出版时间 2010年4月
- ISBN 9780007203055
- 定价 82.00
内容简介
AgrippinghistoryoftheMediterraneancampaignsfromthefirstrumblingsofconflictthroughtheSecondWorldWarandintotheuneasypeaceofthelate1940s.TheMediterraneanSealiesattheveryheartofrecentworldhistory.TotheBritishduringtheSecondWorldWar,theMediterraneanwastheworld’sgreatthoroughfare.TotheAmericans,itrepresentedtheanswertoanti-imperialism.AndtoMussolini,itencapsulatedhisviolentvisionofconquest.ThesethreegreatpowersattemptedtooverthrowtheexistingorderintheMediterranean,resultinginacollisionofalliesaswellasenemiesthathadn’tbeenseenbefore:theGermansfoughtagainsttheItalians,theAmericansagainsttheArabs,theJewsagainsttheBritish,theFrenchagainstnearlyeveryone.TheMediterraneanwasindeed‘thebittersea’.Inthismasterlyhistory,SimonBalltakesusthroughthetumultuouseventssetinmotionbyMussolini’slustforconquestthatendedwiththecreationofIsrael.Longdrawn-outbattlesonland,seaandair–dominatedbyWWII’smostillustriousleaders,Churchill,EisenhowerandRommelamongstthem–resultedinAlliedvictoryinthebattleofElAlamein,theterrifyingdesertcampaignsofAfricaandtheeventualdefeatofItalyandthenGermany.ThewarsintheMediterraneanhadhugeconsequencesforallthosewhofoughtinthem,butnonemoreprofoundthanthoseexperiencedbythelands,nationsandpeoplesthatlivedaroundtheseaitself.Basedonentirelyoriginalresearch,‘TheBitterSea’isexpertlywritten,utterlycompellingandunquestionablyimportant.
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