SYNOPSIS: 571 pages. "The Battle for Berlin was the culminating struggle of World War II in the European theater, the last offensive against Hitler's Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe's historic capitals and marked the final defeat of Nazi Germany. It was also one of the war's bloodiest and most pivotal battles, whose outcome would shape international politics for decades to come.
The Last Battle is Cornelius Ryan's compelling account of this final battle, a story of brutal extremes, of stunning military triumph alongside the stark conditions that the civilians of Berlin experienced in the face of the Allied assault. As always, Ryan delves beneath the military and political forces that were dictating events to explore the more immediate imperatives of survival, where, as the author describes it, “to eat had become more important than to love, to burrow more dignified than to fight, to exist more militarily correct than to win.”
The Last Battle is the story of ordinary people, both soldiers and civilians, caught up in the despair, frustration, and terror of defeat. It is history at its best, a masterful illumination of the effects of war on the lives of individuals, and one of the enduring works on World War II."
Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York. 1966 Stated First Printing.
Format: Hardback. No dust jacket.
Condition: Good condition. Black cloth boards. Fading or moisture staining to boards at spine. Moderate soiling to pages, back pages (512 to end) have moisture bleed from black rear cover which affects only top page edges. An occasional underline noted. All text completely legible, all pages intact, and tightly bound. Scarce volume in First Printing. Photos illustrate condition.
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