- Hardcover: 672 pages
- Publisher: Castle Books,US; New edition edition (1 Feb 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0785811141
- ISBN-13: 978-0785811145
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.3 x 5.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,225,239 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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After Fighter and Blitzkrieg, Len Deighton now sets a drama of war on a world stage, revealing the reality of global conflict in moving individual accounts by participants at every level. 'Remarkable and absorbing. . . an absolute landmark as regards the history of the Second World War.' Jack Higgins
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This study sets the drama of war on a world stage, and examines why, 50 years on, the lessons of World War II - when humanity was consumed by violence and destruction - still reverberate unheeded. Beginning with the political and industrial roots in the Great War of 1914-1918, Deighton unfolds the advance of the Axis powers from the Battle of the Atlantic to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. By 1942, the civilized world was brought to the brink of ruin. Yet now again racial hatred rears its head, turmoil continues over Middle-Eastern oil, Britain neglects education and its industrial base, and recession threatens new trade wars and economic migration on a fightening scale. Len Deighton is the author of "Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain", "The Battle of Britain" and "Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk". He is also the author of the spy novels, "The Ipcress File" and "Game, Set and Match".
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have never read any of len deighton's previous work but this book gives the reader a real empathy of world leading upto and including the second world war.The narrative has the same effect as reading a fiction novel and so makes it easy to follow, this is what i have enjoyed about reading the book. I would recomend this book for any person who wants to read a good unbiased factual account of this time period, even if history is not a subject they would normally choose books about.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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As a newcomer to the leisure reading of military history I found Len Deighton's book extremely interesting, utterly digestable and, most important of all, very difficult to put down! Each chapter tells a story in its own right and ,for once, useful descriptions and details of much of the important materiel of war is included.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having only been aware of the author from his fictional work ( although I had not read any of these ) , I was intrigued at reading a fiction author's interpretation of the historical events around the first three years of WW II .
His writing is excellent , with an objective view of the mistakes and triumphs of both sides . The detail is extra-ordinary , but the book itself is not an onerous read .
Having read several books detailing this period of the twentieth century , I would say that if you are only to read one book on the beginning of World War II , then make it this one .
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Outstanding
This really is an exceptional book about the years of the Axis ascendency (1939-41.) It would be fair to say that a lifetime's knowledge have gone into producing this book and... Read more
Published 2 months ago by FlyingAspidistra
Good Background Reading Only
This is not a history of WW2 but a commentary on aspects of the first half of the war. As such, it is interesting but not a lot of help to someone new to the subject. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Tony Fisher
At last, an objective account
Deighton's chilling expose of what WWII was really like, both in battle and at the home front, tears down the web of lies and childish beliefs to present the truth of that... Read more
Published on 19 May 2009 by Jim-Jim
riveting, no punches pulled
Blood, Tears and Folly works on several levels.
For long-time devotees of Deighton, it ties a neat, red ribbon around his fiction writing by bringing together so many of... Read more
For long-time devotees of Deighton, it ties a neat, red ribbon around his fiction writing by bringing together so many of... Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2009 by D. Kjerulf
Deighton, Chesterton and the nature of war
Every so often, unscrupulous pacifists and their kin, bent on protecting some totalitarian government (North Vietnam) or murderous dictatorship (Saddam's Iraq), will play upon... Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2008 by Michael W. Perry
The bumblers' crusade
A generation of self-congratulatory propaganda about the Crusade in Europe was rudely jolted by two books written by hard-minded historians. The first, A.J.P. Read more
Published on 19 Aug 2005 by Stephen A. Haines
Excellent, a really good read
This is excellent. Led Deighton has written three other non-fiction books on the Second World War. Fighter, Blitzkrieg and, with Max Hastings, another book on the Battle of... Read more
Published on 27 April 2001 by S. V. Parry
Thoroughly recommended
My first purchase on WWII history - and what a start! Having set the scene on events leading to the outbreak of war, Deighton then leads you through the battle for the Atlantic,... Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2001 by james.boyd@uk.sun.com
Excellent read
A superb read. Deighton looks at the development of technology, political motivations of key individuals and governments and giving an eye opening background context to the key... Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2000
Compelling account of early WWII, and military blunders
Deighton has a compelling style and does exhaustive research on his topics. His story of the beginning of WWII and the mistakes made by politicians and generals on both sides is... Read more
Published on 6 Jun 1999
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