Winston Groom

1942 (eBook, ePUB)

The Year That Tried Men's Souls

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

America's first year in World War II, chronicled in this "page-turner" by the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of Forrest Gumpand The Generals ( Publishers Weekly). On December 7, 1941, an unexpected attack on American territory pulled an unprepared country into a terrifying new brand of warfare. To the generation of Americans who lived through it, the Second World War was the defining event of the twentieth century, and the defining moments of that war were played out in the year 1942. This account covers the Allies' relentless defeats as the Axis overran most of Europe, North Africa, and the Far East. But by midyear the tide began to turn. The United States finally went on the offensive in the Pacific. In the West, the British defeated Rommel's panzer divisions at El Alamein while the US Army began to push the Germans out of North Africa. By the year's end, the smell of victory was in the air. 1942, told with Winston Groom's accomplished storyteller's eye, allows us into the admirals' strategy rooms, onto the battlefronts, and into the heart of a nation at war. "When not drawing in readers with the narrative, Groom is impressing them with his masterful analyses." - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Groom has done an artful job of blending the many stories of 1942." - The Anniston Star

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Grove Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781555847784
• Artikelnr.: 38323663

Autorenporträt

Winston Groom is the author of more than twelve books, including A Storm in Flanders, Forrest Gump , Better Times Than These , As Summers Die , and the prize-winning Civil War history Shrouds of Glory . He served in the Vietnam War as a lieutenant with the Fourth Infantry Division. His nonfiction book, Conversations With the Enemy was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.