{"product_id":"dresden-tuesday-february-13-1945-isbn-9780060006778","title":"Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A picture markedly different from conventional accounts.” --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe dramatic and controversial account that completely re-examines the Allied attack on Dresden\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor decades it has been assumed that the Allied bombing of Dresden was militarily unjustifiable, an act of rage and retribution for Germany’s ceaseless bombing of London and other parts of England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDresden\u003c\/em\u003e, Frederick Taylor’s groundbreaking research offers a completely new examination of the facts, and reveals that Dresden was a highly-militarized city actively involved in the production of military armaments and communications concealed beneath the cultural elegance for which the city was famous. Incorporating first-hand accounts, contemporaneous press material and memoirs, and never-before-seen government records, Taylor documents unequivocally the very real military threat Dresden posed, and thus altering forever our view of that attack.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eFor decades it has been assumed that the Allied bombing of Dresden -- a cultured city famous for its china, chocolate, and fine watches -- was militarily unjustifiable, an act of retribution for Germany's ceaseless bombing of London and other parts of England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, Frederick Taylor's groundbreaking research offers a completely new examination of the facts and reveals that Dresden was a highly militarized city actively involved in the production of military armaments and communications. Incorporating first-hand accounts, contemporaneous press material and memoirs, and never-before-seen government records, Taylor proves unequivocally the very real military threat Dresden posed -- and how a legacy of propaganda shrouded the truth for sixty years.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Compelling ... [Taylor] puts the assault in its proper context to reveal the inherent moral tangle of total war.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A strong and provocative work of World War II scholarship.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I thought I knew what happened at Dresden on that fiery day in 1945—and then I read this book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Bradley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A provocative re-examination of the bombing of Dresden ... elgantly written and deeply moving.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Duffy, author of The Bielski Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Anyone who thinks that during World War Two Dresden manufactured just chinaware must read this penetrating book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStanley P. Hirschson, author of General Patton: A Soldier's Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Passionately written and deeply affecting, Dresden is a bracing rebuke to the myths and propaganda that have painted over the memory of this tragedy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Deeply affecting ... a bracing rebuke to the myths and propaganda that have painted over the memory of this tragedy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A riveting narrative account.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalon.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Compelling ... Mr. Taylor makes a persuasive case that Dresden was not an innocent bystander in the tragedy that was WWII.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Accomplished.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[An] authoritative and moving account …. Impeccably documented.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Independent (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The enigmatic past and the patient muse of history are brilliantly served ... by this blockbuster of a book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In narrative power and persuasion, [Taylor] has paralleled in DRESDEN what Antony Beevor achieved in STALINGRAD.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholas Fearn, The Independent on Sunday (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Taylor carefully debunks. . . the ‘pervasive postwar myth’. . . . What emerges is a picture markedly different from conventional accounts.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A major contribution to the story of Dresden.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Well-researched, objective and compassionate...Frederick Taylor convincingly sets the record straight.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthony Looch, Daily Post (Liverpool)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Genius. . . an absolutely magnificent work both of scholarship and of narration.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Literary Review (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The enigmatic past and the patient muse of history are brilliantly served ... by this blockbuster of a book … a masterpiece.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fascinating. . . a fine, revealing work of revisionist history. 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