Carlo D'Este (1936–2020)
Autore di Patton: A Genius for War
Sull'Autore
Carlo D'Este is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and a distinguished military historian. He lives in New Seabury, Massachusetts.
Fonte dell'immagine: Workman
Opere di Carlo D'Este
Opere correlate
Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas (1997) — Collaboratore — 429 copie
If the Allies Had Fallen : Sixty Alternate Scenarios of World War II (2010) — Collaboratore — 318 copie
I piu non ritornano: diario di ventotto giorni in una sacca sul fronte russo (inverno 1942-43) (1990) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 77 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1994 (1994) — Author "Falaise: The Trap Not Sprung" and "A Polish Battlefield" — 16 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1996 (1995) — Author "The Slaps Heard Round the World" — 14 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2001 (2001) — Author "Patton's Finest Hour" — 9 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2004 (2003) — Author "MacArthur's Whipping Boy" — 7 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- D'Este, Carlo
- Data di nascita
- 1936-08-29
- Data di morte
- 2020-11-22
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Oakland, California, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
- Istruzione
- Norwich University (B.A.|1958)
University of Richmond (M.A.|1974)
University of London
New Mexico Military Institute - Attività lavorative
- military historian
soldier
lecturer
military advisor
historian
biographer (mostra tutto 7)
lieutenant colonel - Organizzazioni
- William E. Colby Military Writers' Symposium (Co-founder)
Department of the Army Historical Advisory Committee
Board of Fellows of Norwich University
Friends of Norwich Library (president)
United States Army (lieutenant colonel) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- New Mexico Military Institute Hall of Fame (2002)
Board of Fellows Service Medallion (2008)
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Army Commendation Medal (mostra tutto 8)
Pritzker Literature Award (2011)
Andrew J. Goodpaster Prize (2010)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 12
- Opere correlate
- 8
- Utenti
- 2,345
- Popolarità
- #10,932
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 27
- ISBN
- 60
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 4
Such was the plan. What really happened, brilliantly told by Carlo D'Este, was a near disaster for the Allies and the unfortunate soldiers involved. Doomed by uncertain leadership at the highest levels, including Churchill's pressure and meddling, GeneraI Sir Harold Alexander's lack of firm directives, and GeneraI Mark Clark's unwillingness to risk defeat or push a tired Generali John Lucas, the Anzio beachhead became a death trap, with Allied troops forced to fight for their lives for five dreadful months in a throwback to the trench warfare of World War I.
Even the eventual Allied victory, when the Germans fìnally gave way in May 1944, was tarnished by Clark's ambition to be fìrst in Rome instead of attempting to cut off and destroy or capture fleeing German troops. As the book points out, the fìnal irony was that Rome 's liberation wa s almost completely overshadowed by the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6.
Based on a great deal of new material full of dramatic and desperate combat, FatalDecision is one of the best histories ever written of a World War II military campaign.
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Fatal decision : Anzio and the Battle of Rome è un drammatico racconto di una delle più disperate campagne della Seconda Guerra mondiale. Il piano dello sbarco nel porto a 35 miglia da Roma si rivelò un vero disastro anche a causa delle incertezza della leadership. Anzio divenne una trappola mortale, i soldati rimasero intrappolati in una guerra di trincea per cinque mesi e la finale liberazione di Roma venne adombrata dallo sbarco alleato in Normandia del 6 giugno.
Indice: Part I: The Road to Rome; Part II: The Anzio Beachhead; Part III: "Lancing the Abscess"; Part IV: Stalemate; Part V: Breakout.… (altro)