Destiny in the Desert
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Destiny in the Desert
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Jonathan Dimbleby
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This is a unique single-volume history of the road to El Alamein - 'the end of the beginning' - and the bloody battle that followed...It was the British victory at the Battle of El Alamein in November 1942 that inspired one of Churchill's most famous aphorisms: 'it is not the end nor is it the beginning of the end, but it is the end of the beginning'. And yet the true significance of this iconic episode remains unrecognised. In this thrilling historical account, Jonathan Dimbleby describes the political and strategic realities that lay behind the battle, charting the nail-biting months that led to the victory at El Alamein in November 1942.
Drawing on official records and the personal insights of those involved at every level, Dimbleby creates a vivid portrait of a struggle which for Churchill marked the turn of the tide - and which for the soldiers on the ground involved fighting and dying in a foreign land.
©2012 Jonathan Dimbleby (P)2014 Audible, Inc.What listeners say about Destiny in the Desert
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- 06-07-2016
Destiny in the desert
A well written and read book. I have read his book about the battle in the Atlantic which was very good. A great Author. Lesley
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- Rowey555
- 08-06-2024
Biased and one-sided
A glowing and biased account of general Montgomery’s influence in the North African war. Dalrymple does not mention Monty’s megalomania, extreme behavioural dysfunction, wasting of men’s lives (failure of Market Garden especially) nor does he take account of dozens of bizarre power trip moments, (including the naked undressing of a returned soldier in his office to “assess his fitness”) Monty is infamous for. Monty is given far, far too much credit at the cost of Orcanlecks stellar involvement.
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