Book description
'Excellent ... a remarkable achievement and ought to be recognised as
one of the most succesful histories of the Western Desert and North
African fighting yet to have appeared' John Keegan, Daily Telegraph
For the British, the battle fought at ElAlamein in October 1942
became the turning point of the Second World War. In this study of the
desert war, John Bierman and Colin Smith show why it is remembered by
its survivors as a 'war without hate'. Through extensive research the
authors provide a compellingly fresh perspective on the see-saw
campaign in which the two sides chased each other back and forth
across the unforgiving North African landscape.
John Bierman and Colin Smith are both award winning journalists
writing for most major newspapers. They have seperately published a
number of previous books, this being their second collaboration. Their
first, FIRE IN THE NIGHT, was a widely praisedbiography of the maverick
British commander, Orde Wingate.
