Product Description

Field Marshal Montgomery's battleplan for Normandy, following the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, resulted in one of the most controversial campaigns of the Second World War. Carlo D'Este's acclaimed book gives the fullest possible account of the conception and execution of Montgomery's plan, with all its problems and complexities. It brings to light information from diaries, papers and letters that were not available in Montgomery's lifetime adn draws on interviews with senior officers who were involved in the campaign and have refrained from speaking out until now.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #85297 in Books
• Published on: 2004-04-29
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 560 pages

About the Author
Lt Col. Carlo D'Este retired from the US army in 1978 to write full time. His books include Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily 1943, Patton: A Genius for War, World War II in the Mediterranean 1942-1945, and Eisenhower: Allied Supreme Commander. He is currently writing a military biography of Churchill, Warlord, which will be published by Allen Lane.

Customer Reviews

The product of a historian on the top of his game
At the risk of duplicating other reviews, I would recommend this work- and the rest of d'Este's- to anybody. After finishing An Army At Dawn which seemed to largely be serving a jingoistic, patriotic agenda despite the wealth of references cited, I was wary of another American historian writing of British involvement. D'Este is in another class- thoughtful, considered, fair minded and incisive, as well as being a fine writer. Seek out this work, and anything else the man writes.

Excellent
At long last a book on the Normandy campaign that presents a well researched thesis without the pro and anti Montgomery hysteria that accompanies many books on the subject. D'Este portrays a logical and balanced view, he criticises when justified and praises when warranted.It is without a doubt the best book I have read on the Normandy campaign.

An excellent critical and detailed account
Mr. D'Este's book is the best overall account of the Normandy campaign of the 8 to 10 I have read so far. The near exhaustive research of primary materials comes through without encumbering his very readable account (it includes extensive source footnotes). This is not just another presentation of the events but an in-depth analysis of the debates on strategy and operations that took place within the Allied high command. His critical view of certain commanders, notably Montgomery, is fair and well supported. Mr. D'Este has produced a book that should certainly be a reference to all historians in terms of his style and adherence to strict, documented and referenced historical analysis.