{"product_id":"dday-isbn-9780143118183","title":"D-Day","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Glorious, horrifying... \u003ci\u003eD-Day\u003c\/i\u003e is a vibrant work of history that honors the sacrifice of tens of thousands of men and women.\"—\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRenowned historian Antony Beevor, author of \u003ci\u003eStalingrad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of Arnhem\u003c\/i\u003e, and the man who \"single-handedly transformed the reputation of military history\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) presents the first major account in more than twenty years of the Normandy invasion and the liberation of Paris. This is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French caught up in the fighting. Beevor draws upon his research in more than thirty archives in six countries, going back to original accounts and interviews conducted by combat historians just after the action. \u003ci\u003eD-Day\u003c\/i\u003e is the consummate account of the invasion and the ferocious offensive that led to Paris's liberation.\"Absorbing... The reader finished this accessible history with the sense he has had a 360-degree look at Operation Overlord and its multinational cast... Terrifing reading.\"—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A dramatic, important, and instructive story, and Beevor tells it surpassingly well.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Where the book really scores is in its eye for the operational detail and its vivid reconstructions of the experience of battle, as unavoidable courage mixes with arbitrary tragedy.\"—Lawrence Freedman, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beevor excels in recounting, from interviews with veterans and from the testimony of soldiers' letters and reports, just what a bloody campaign the invasion was... Beevor is especially gripping in his account of the U.S. 120th Infantry... Beevor is to be commended for emphasizing a troubling theme: the inferiority of much Allied equipment.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"His account of atrocities on both sides, of errors committed and of surpassing bravery makes for excellent - though often blood-soaked - reading. Beevor gets better with each book.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beevor has written an in-depth campaign history...that should be read by beginners and experts alike.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntony Beevor\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eD-Day: The Battle for Normandy,\u003c\/i\u003ewhich received the Royal United Services’ Institute Westminster Medal\u003ci\u003e; The Battle for Spain\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the La Vanguardia Prize; \u003ci\u003eParis After the Liberation 1944–1949; Stalingrad\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson Prize for History, and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature; and \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of Berlin 1945\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the first Longman-History Today Trustees’ Award. He is the recipient of the 2014 Pritzker Military Museum \u0026amp; Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. Beevor lives in England.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303321391333,"sku":"NP9780143118183","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143118183.jpg?v=1767724404","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/dday-isbn-9780143118183","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}