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Blood, Tears, and Folly: An Objective View of World War II (Blood, Tears and Folly)
Blood Tears and Folly An Objective View of World War II - Blood, Tears and Folly Author:Len Deighton The Dark Days — It was a war fought without mercy or remorse - from the churning grey seas of the Atlantic, to the blistering deserts of North Africa. The fate of the world hung in the balance as the overmatched forces of the Allies struggled desperately to resist Hitler's onslaught. — Here in Volume 1 of his exhaustively researched "Blood, Tears ... more »and Folly," master storyteller and military historian Len Deighton provides an enthralling account of the dark, early days of World War II, including the dangerous and brutal submarine war for control of the seas, the doomed battle for France, and the hunt for the elusive Rommel, the "Desert Fox." In this sweeping panorama of war's military, diplomatic and home fronts, Deighton provides a bold, often startling analysis of what went wrong with the Allies' early war plans - and offers a fervent tribute to the courage of the ordinary men and women who redeemed them.