Max hastings history book signings

Sir max hastings chronicles vietnam with the benefit of vivid personal memories. He is known for his work on cold war 1998, the great war 1964 and midweek 1972. Max on samuel pepys brilliant take on the 1665 london plague coronavirus. Max hastings is the author of many acclaimed books, mostly about warfare, including the bestselling and critically acclaimed nemesis, all hell let loose and catastrophe. Max hastings is the author of many books on military history, including catastrophe 1914. So much so that relatively few soldiers died on the western front. Mar 22, 2012 max hastings and simon jenkins account of the conflict is a modern classic of war reportage and the definitive book on the war. His parents were macdonald hastings, a journalist and war correspondent, and anne scottjames, sometime editor of harpers bazaar.

Military historian max hastings provided a history of the vietnam war. Max hastings has done some excellent research for the book. Buy great war battlefields with max hastings telegraph tours at historical trips. Max hastingss 25th book is a lively, entertaining, but uneven yomp through espionage and codebreaking in the 1940s, which aims to cut through the clouds of mythology and establish just what. Great war battlefields with max hastings france historical trips. Sep 14, 2009 discover book depositorys huge selection of sir max hastings books online. His upcoming book recounts the vietnam war with the benefit of his own memories. Among the strongest images of world war ii is that of waves of allied bombers striking at the heart of germany, reducing german cities to rubble and destroying the german will to fight. Republished as part of the pan military classics series, the battle for the falklands is a vivid chronicle of a call to arms and a thoughtful and informed analysis of an astonishing chapter in the history of our. It is a publishing phenomenon, for which some of us who are authors have cause to be grateful, that seventy years after the conclusion of world war ii, works about the conflict enjoy a popularity second only to cookbooks.

Americans love to love harrods and all thing royal. This book is fascinating military history, but also a biography of a war leader. Sir max hastings is the author of twentysix books, most about conflict and several made the new york times bestsellers list. It manages to give a good understanding of the conflict from beginning to end in both the european and pacific theatres. Books will be on sale and the event will be followed by a book signing. It is a whiteknuckle narrative that brings clarity and insight to a muchloved tale, as well as offering a vital corrective to the drumthumping conclusions of earlier books. Master of ceremonies gyles brandreth and the history man. Max will be talking about his books at the following venues. The joys of middle age, and prince charless strange letters max hastings 4 april 2015 9. From the acclaimed military historian, a history of the outbreak of world war i. Military history writer and war correspondent max hastings has departed slightly from his regular field to write fascinating studies of the characters, and in many cases the inner torment, of a group of men and one woman, some famous, many less so, who distinguished themselves by heroism or other means from the napoleonic wars through the yom kippur war. Max hastings has written 10 books, including overlord. May 15, 2016 the secret war spies, cyphers and guerrillas 19391945 by max hastings illustrated.

He has received numerous british press awards, including journalist of the year in 1982 and editor of the year in 1988. Sep 04, 2014 sir max and the real story of the great war. Max hastings chronicles vietnam with the benefit of vivid personal memories. Oct 16, 2018 an absorbing and definitive modern history of the vietnam war from the acclaimed new york times bestselling author of the secret war vietnam became the western worlds most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for france in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the united states in 1975. Max hastings is the author of more than 20 books, including catastrophe 1914. I recommend this book to other readers and the price from amazon makes this a bargain.

The secret war by max hastings to understand how electronic surveillance of communications worldwide has become one of the prime weapons employed by britain and the united states in its war against terrorism and terrorists, one needs to read max hastings book, the secret war, summed up in the sunday times as gripping as any spy thriller. Sir max and the real story of the great war daily mail online. The diplomacy and fighting is told from the ordinary persons and soldiers viewpoint as well as from the leaders and generals perspective. Max hastings returns to join the telegraphs second tour of the western front. Max hastings author of inferno meet your next favorite book. Hastings shows how germans and britishamericans fought a relatively fair war as fair as world wars can be, taking prisoners not killing them and respecting each others determination to win the war. Join facebook to connect with max hastings and others you may know.

In his early career as a correspondent, he reported on the 1982 falklands war, experiences which he described in his memoir going to the wars. He has served as a foreign correspondent and as the editor of britains evening standard and daily telegraph. Spying is the secondoldest profession, at least according to the. This book from max hastings covers very well the entire 2nd world war and would be a first class purchase for anyone wishing to learn more of the history of that, the most destructive of wars. A personal journey from the thrill at the notion of battle to discomfort about bombing syria. Max hastings is an author with seven videos in the cspan video library. Max reported on the war for various newspapers and bbc tv, riding a helicopter out of saigon during the final evacuation in. Max hastings is the author of more than twenty books, most recently winstons war. Max hastings is the author of twentyseven books, most about conflict, and between 1986 and 2002 served as editorinchief of the daily telegraph, then as editor of the evening standard. Max is selfisolating in berkshire, working on his new book pedestal the fleets battle to malta 1942.

Sir max hugh macdonald hastings, frsl, frhists is a british journalist, editor, historian and author. Boris, churchill and the tories implosion amid a history of feuds, none compares with boris johnsons expulsion of 21 conservative rebels save. The villain of the book is clearly the soviet union. Max hastings retells wwi in his new book war history online. Max hastings is the author of several books, many about warfare including the bestselling and critically acclaimed nemesis. Mar 10, 2016 winston churchill and franklin roosevelt at a meeting of the pacific war council, washington, d. Discover book depositorys huge selection of sir max hastings books online. Max hastings, 22 november 2018 w inston churchill was the dominant personality on the allied side in the second world war. In his new book chastise, our most brilliant military historian, sir max hastings. The secret war spies, cyphers and guerrillas 19391945 by max hastings illustrated. May 01, 2015 max hastings is the author of 26 books including the bestselling all hell let loose, catastrophe. He is also the author of numerous books, chiefly on defence matters, which have won several major awards. But of late the issue of the effectiveness of strategic bombing has become a contested one in britain, and journalist hastings contribution to the debate is a crippling blow to the carefully constructed myth. Max hastings is the author of more than 20 books, including catastrophe.

Between 1986 and 2002 he served as editorinchief of the london daily telegraph, then editor of the evening standard. From one of the foremost historians of the period and the acclaimed author of inferno and catastrophe. You may like to read his essay published in the times of london last month, about how samuel pepys responded to the plague of 1665. Their wehrmacht was better than our army washington post.