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Martin Blumenson (1918–2005)

Auteur de La Libération. L'histoire officielle américaine

36+ oeuvres 1,640 utilisateurs 13 critiques 1 Favoris

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Distinguished military historian Martin Blumenson lives in Washington, D.C.

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Œuvres de Martin Blumenson

La Libération. L'histoire officielle américaine (1993) — Auteur — 260 exemplaires
Breakout and pursuit (1961) 110 exemplaires
The Patton Papers: 1940-1945 (1974) 101 exemplaires
La Sicile Débarquement surprise (1968) 96 exemplaires
Masters of the Art of Command (1975) 83 exemplaires
The Patton Papers, 1885-1940 (1972) 74 exemplaires
Salerno to Cassino (1969) 70 exemplaires
La passe de Kasserine (1965) 68 exemplaires
Eisenhower (1972) 58 exemplaires
Anzio: The Gamble that Failed (1963) 49 exemplaires
Mark Clark (1984) 44 exemplaires

Oeuvres associées

MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2003 (2003) — Author "Patton's Most Frustrating Assignment" — 7 exemplaires

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The title says it all. But, the genesis of the battle is examined and the description of the operation is carefully and clearly written. As I read the book in 1965, I must have read an earlier edition. If you want to know abut the Italian campaign, this is one of the basic books.
 
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DinadansFriend | 2 autres critiques | May 10, 2021 |
This is the basic official account of the hedgerow fighting and the pursuit across France from the USA's viewpoint. It is not inspiring, but a useful account.
 
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DinadansFriend | Jul 2, 2019 |
The first question to ask about the Battle of Kasserine Pass is: whose victory was it? It was at the outset, if the preceding battles of Faid and Sidi bou Zid are included, clearly a German victory, but if the battle as a whole is considered, that is not quite so clear. Indeed, it seems as if Kasserine may be seen as a model for the later Battle of the Bulge. The Americans were driven back, but they were not, in the end, quite defeated.

Blumenson’s book is a good account of a battle in which “Within a few days, the Germans were back where they had begun operations on February 14, less than two weeks earlier.” Rommel “had thrown a scare into every Allied headquarters in North Africa and had taught the Allies much about the art of war,” but he “had accomplished little in the way of gaining elbow room in Tunisia.”

My main complaint about this book is with the absence of notes.
… (plus d'informations)
 
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charbonn | May 13, 2019 |

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