Norman Gelb
Autor(a) de Desperate Venture: The Story of Operation Torch, the Allied Invasion of North Africa
About the Author
Norman Gelb is the author of a number of acclaimed books, including Kings of the Jews: The Origins of the Jewish Nation. He is a historian and freelance writer, who periodically contributes to publications such as Smithsonian magazine.
Séries
Obras de Norman Gelb
Desperate Venture: The Story of Operation Torch, the Allied Invasion of North Africa (1992) 64 cópias
Jonathan Carver's Travels Through America, 1766-1768: An Eighteenth-Century Explorer's Account of Uncharted… (1995) 6 cópias
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Gelb, Norman
- Data de nascimento
- 1929-11-09
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA (birth)
UK - Local de nascimento
- New York, USA
- Locais de residência
- New York, USA
UK - Educação
- Brooklyn College
University of Minnesota
University of Vienna - Ocupação
- historian
author
broadcaster - Organizações
- Mutual Broadcasting System
Voice of America
Membros
Resenhas
Very good book on Dunkirk.
This is a big picture view of this early part of WWII. This gives the overall picture of what was happening. It is great for anyone who wants to know how the pieces and players fit together. It follows a clear time line from beginning to end. If you want to tell others what Dunkirk was about this is a great book tells the whole story well. The writer shows you the whole forest.
This is not the right book for "blow by blow" man on the ground stories. Those are best told in books like "Dunkirk" by Hugh Sebag-Montefore. The problem with the "blow by blow" books is you often don't get a good overall picture of how these small struggles fit into the big story. You get to see the trees but don't know where you are in the forest.… (mais)
This is a big picture view of this early part of WWII. This gives the overall picture of what was happening. It is great for anyone who wants to know how the pieces and players fit together. It follows a clear time line from beginning to end. If you want to tell others what Dunkirk was about this is a great book tells the whole story well. The writer shows you the whole forest.
This is not the right book for "blow by blow" man on the ground stories. Those are best told in books like "Dunkirk" by Hugh Sebag-Montefore. The problem with the "blow by blow" books is you often don't get a good overall picture of how these small struggles fit into the big story. You get to see the trees but don't know where you are in the forest.… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 15
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 355
- Popularidade
- #67,468
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Resenhas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 34
This is a big picture view of this early part of WWII. This gives the overall picture of what was happening. It is great for anyone who wants to know how the pieces and players fit together. It follows a clear time line from beginning to end. If you want to tell others what Dunkirk was about this is a great book tells the whole story well. The writer shows you the whole forest.
This is not the right book for "blow by blow" man on the ground stories. Those are best told in books like "Dunkirk" by Hugh Sebag-Montefore. The problem with the "blow by blow" books is you often don't get a good overall picture of how these small struggles fit into the big story. You get to see the trees but don't know where you are in the forest.… (mais)