To Lose a Battle: France 1940
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
To Lose a Battle: France 1940
By (Author) Alistair Horne
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Books Ltd
20th August 2007
28th June 2007
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Second World War
Modern warfare
Battles and campaigns
940.54214
Physical Properties
Paperback
736
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 31mm
488g
Description
In 1940, the German army fought and won an extraordinary battle with France in six weeks of lightning warfare. With the subtlety and compulsion of a novel, Horne's narrative shifts from minor battlefield incidents to high military and political decisions, stepping far beyond the confines of military history to form a major contribution to our understanding of the crises of the Franco-German rivalry. To Lose a Battle is the third part of the trilogy beginning with The Fall of Paris and continuing with The Price of Glory (already available in Penguin).
Author Bio
One of Britains greatest historians, Sir Alistair Horne, CBE, is the author of several famous books on French history as well as a two-volume life of Harold Macmillan.
