This is a landmark reassessment of the Second World War, of its origins and prosecution. It looks set to become the definitive single-volume military history.
Author description
Gordon Corrigan was commissioned from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in 1962 and retired from the Brigade of Gurkhas in 1998. A member of the British Commission for Military History and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, he speaks fluent Nepali and is a keen horseman. He is the author of Mud, Blood and Poppycock and Blood, Sweat and Arrogance.
