Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives

by Peter Caddick Adams and Peter Caddick-Adams

Book Overview

They fought a series of extraordinary battles across several theaters of war that established them as two of the greatest generals of their age. Born four years apart, their lives were remarkably similar--from their shared provincial upbringings to each nearly dying in but emerging from the first World War with glowing war records. They would begin to fight each other as divisional commanders in 1940 and as they came to prominence, first in North...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590207254
• ISBN13: 9781590207253
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 614 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher