{"product_id":"masters-and-commanders-9780141029269","title":"Masters and Commanders","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andrew Roberts\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Roberts's \u003ci\u003eMasters and Commanders: The Military Geniuses who led the West to Victory in WWII \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of how four great leaders fought each other over how best to fight Hitler.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e During the Second World War the master strategy of the West was shaped by four titanic figures: Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, and their respective military commanders - General Sir Alan Brooke and General George C. Marshall. Each man was tough-willed and strong minded. And each was certain he knew best how to achieve victory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drawing on previously unpublished material, including for the first time verbatim reports of Churchill's War Cabinet meetings, Andrew Roberts's acclaimed history recreates with vivid immediacy the fiery debates and political maneuverings, the rebuffs and the charm, the explosive rows and dramatic reconciliations, as the masters and commanders of the Western Alliance fought each other over the best way to fight Adolf Hitler. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'History as it should be written; a gripping narrative' \u003cbr\u003e Michael Gove, \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Scintillating historical writing on the whole rich panorama of Britain and the US at war' \u003cbr\u003e Martin Gilbert, \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A compelling analysis of American and British military strategy during the war. He also tells a profoundly human story' \u003cbr\u003e Laurence Rees, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A masterpiece' \u003cbr\u003e Christopher Silvester, \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Britain's finest contemporary military historian' \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAndrew Roberts \u003c\/b\u003eis a biographer and historian of international renown whose previous books include \u003ci\u003eSalisbury: Victorian Titan \u003c\/i\u003e(1999), which won the Wolfson History Prize and the James Stern Silver Pen Award for Non-Fiction; \u003ci\u003eNapoleon and Wellington \u003c\/i\u003e(2001); \u003ci\u003eHitler and Churchill: Secrets of Leadership \u003c\/i\u003e(2003), which coincided with four-part BBC2 history series, and \u003ci\u003eA History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900\u003c\/i\u003e (2005).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45085117120663,"sku":"9780141029269","price":1610.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780141029269.webp?v=1767637575","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/masters-and-commanders-9780141029269","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}