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The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916

History

Horne, Sir Alistair

Military

Penguin??Books

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, Horneï¿½s 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).

To Lose a Battle: France 1940

Europe

Thoroughly sharp and honest treatment of a brutal conflict. The Algerian War (1954-1962) was a savage colonial war, killing an estimated one million Muslim Algerians and expelling the same number of European settlers from their homes. It was to cause the fall of six French prime minsters and the collapse of the Fourth Repbulic. It came close to bringing down de Gaulle and - twice - to plunging France into civil war. The story told here contains heroism and tragedy, and poses issues of enduring relevance beyond the confines of either geography or time. Horne writes with the extreme intelligence and perspicacity that are his trademarks.

Savage War of Peace

Africa

Uses diaries, interviews, and letters to trace the life of the British Prime Minister

Harold Macmillan: Volume 1: 1894-1956

Biographies & Memoirs

Harold Macmillan: Volume 2: 1957-1986

An account of the German assault on the French fortress, the aim of which was not so much to defeat the enemy as to bleed him to death. The price was 700,000 dead on a 15 mile front. The author also wrote "The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71" and "A Savage War of Peace".

A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962

Viking Adult

Part history and current affairs, part travelogue, this is the story of a journey made by Alistair Horne and American politician/journalist, Bill Buckley through Colombia, Peru, Chile and Bolivia. They set off in September 1970, just after a Marxist government had come to power in a free election in Chile. The author's account has been updated with a further 10,000 words to include the only interview ever given to a Western journalist by Pinochet.

Small Earthquake in Chile

Travel

Travel Writing

Important postwar prime minister with a similar background to Churchill.

Leaders & Notable People

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The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916

To Lose a Battle: France 1940

Savage War of Peace

Harold Macmillan: Volume 1: 1894-1956

Harold Macmillan: Volume 2: 1957-1986

The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916

A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962

Small Earthquake in Chile

Harold Macmillan: Volume 1: 1894-1956

Harold Macmillan: Volume 2: 1957-1986