Max Hastings: 21 books

Trincee, fango, filo spinato, corpi di giovani soldati martoriati da mitragliatrici, baionette e gas tossici: così ci raffiguriamo oggi la Prima guerra mondiale. Ma «che cosa è successo davvero, in Europa, nel 1914?» Possibile che tra i ventotto paesi coinvolti la Germania sia stata l'unica colpevole?...

A vivid and incisive portrait of Winston Churchill during wartime from acclaimed historian Max Hastings, Winston’s War captures the full range of Churchill’s endlessly fascinating character. At once brilliant and infuriating, self-important and courageous, Hastings’s Churchill comes brashly...

An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War. Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for...

World-renowned British historian Sir Max Hastings recounts one of the most horrific months of World War II. June 1944, the month of the D-Day landings carried out by Allied forces in Normandy, France.Germany’s 2nd SS Panzer Division, one of Adolf Hitler’s most elite armor units, had recently...

From the acclaimed military historian, a history of the outbreak of World War I: the dramatic stretch from the breakdown of diplomacy to the battles—the Marne, Ypres, Tannenberg—that marked the frenzied first year before the war bogged down in the trenches. In Catastrophe 1914, Max Hastings...

From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II and its deeply personal consequences. World War II involved tens of millions of soldiers and cost sixty million lives—an average of twenty-seven thousand a day. For thirty-five...

It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. Now Max Hastings, preeminent military historian takes us back to the bloody bitter struggle to restore South Korean independence after the Communist invasion of June 1950. Using personal...

Em 1914, a Europa mergulhou num conflito sem precedentes. A Primeira Guerra Mundial desfez impérios, aniquilou dinastias e transformou toda a geopolítica do Velho Mundo, marcando de fato o início do século XX. Cem anos após a eclosão da “guerra para acabar com todas as guerras”, Max Hastings...

«Questo libro parla soprattutto dell’esperienza umana»: avverte Max Hastings nell’introduzione a questa straordinaria e imponente storia della Seconda guerra mondiale. L’esperienza, innanzi tutto, di milioni di singoli individui, soldati in prima linea o civili che fossero, schiacciati dalla...

«La battaglia per la Germania, cominciata come il più imponente fatto d’armi del XX secolo, si concluse nella più grande tragedia umana del Novecento». Come gli studiosi di storia militare sanno, nei mesi che vanno dal 6 giugno 1944 – la data dello sbarco in Normandia – ai primi giorni del...

Il leggendario sbarco in Normandia, quel 6 giugno 1944 che nell’immaginario collettivo è rimasto come il D-Day, aveva nome in codice “Overlord”. Lacerando il sipario della retorica e degli interessi di parte, Hastings ne ricostruisce la storia completa, dai preparativi alla faticosa battaglia,...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From one of the foremost historians of the period and the acclaimed author of Inferno and Catastrophe: 1914, The Secret War is a sweeping examination of one of the most important yet underexplored aspects of World War II—intelligence—showing how espionage successes...

By the summer of 1944 it was clear that Japan's defeat was inevitable, but how the drive to victory would be achieved remained unclear. The ensuing drama—that ended in Japan's utter devastation—was acted out across the vast theater of Asia in massive clashes between army, air, and naval forces. In...

Heroism in battle has been celebrated throughout history, yet it is one of the least understood virtues. What makes some men and women perform extraordinary deeds on the battlefield? What makes them risk their lives in the pursuit of victory?Max Hastings, one of our foremost military historians, has...