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'The most brilliant reporter now alive'
(Malcolm Muggeridge, 1973 )'I know of no other work of literature of World War II as moving, as awesome and as accurate in its portrayal of human courage.'
(General James A Gavin )Review
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Veterans of other brutal engagements such as Anzio and Omaha Beach attested that the fighting they experienced in Arnhem, Nijmegen and elsewhere was the most ferocious and sustained they had ever seen. These personal views of the troops merely confirm Ryan's own excellent and harrowing decriptions of the desperate and relentless fighting.
The human cost of the Operation was appalling which, since this was due largely to some really dreadful oversights made by the Allies in the planning of the operation, makes the astronomic casualty rate - and the superhuman courage of the ultimately doomed servicemen - all the more distressing.
Ryan's book is very comprehensive and expertly researched, often exclusively from the very Commanders involved in the Operation (right to the very top!). The story unfolds at pace and Ryan keeps the reader completely abreast of all the events and the situations facing all the hopeless and strewn units (as they happen simultaneously throughout the region) in a masterful way. You can feel the futility and frustration of the besieged units growing with every delay of the armoured column and every German reinforcement. Whilst maintaining this strategic overview of the implications of what was happening on the ground - and what wasn't happening back on the airfields of England and back with XXX Corps - there is room in Ryan's book for every bit of detail.
The passages describing individual skirmishes and assaults are minutely detailed and expertly described, including not only the action but also the bizarre snapshots of images and thoughts, the quirky behaviour and especially the grim humour. If you want to read about Market Garden then 'A Bridge Too Far' is a must. If you're interested in military history or accounts of the courage, resolve and success of fighting men then read this and remember them.
Shifting between allied and German combatants, and the civilians caught in between, we follow events by the accounts of various groups of people.
Lives are pushed to the limit. Both good and evil, honour and dishonour are done in the extremes of battle.
Reading this reminds us that real people, not so different from you and I, experienced tension, fear and stress so far beyond our own lives that I at several points wondered if I would ever have been that brave or lucid, or would i have fallen apart like some did. I suspect many readers had similar thoughts.
Particularly fascinating is the experience of war at an indivual level, and the often surprisngly matter of fact relationship between enemies. Both Germans and allies could cooperate on matters of tending to injured or making arrangements for surrender and at times each showed the other mercy and kindess in the midst of all the violence.
By 'zooming' the focus of the book in and out of various individuals and groups of people we get the bigger picture at the same time as appreciating the smaller picture. A Superbly written book.
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