A Certain Point of View, Too

Category: Antony Beevor

On Books & Reading: My TBR List for February 2022

Feb 3, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944, Books, In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors, The Battle of Leyte Gulf: 23-26 October 1944, The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and the People Who Stopped It

Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s mid-afternoon in Lithia, Florida on Thursday, February 3, 2022. Not surprisingly, it is a warm Florida winter’s day. Currently, the temperature is 83˚F (28˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 49% and the wind blowing from the south-southeast at 12 MPH (19 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 83˚F (28˚C). Today’s…
Book Review: ‘Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944’ (UK Edition)

Feb 7, 2021

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944, Book Reviews, Military History, World War II

“But, sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far.” – Attributed to Lt. Gen. Frederick “Boy” Browning, commanding officer of I British Airborne Corps and overall commander for Operation Market-Garden On May 17, 2018 – September 11 in the U.S. – Viking (a subsidiary of Penguin Random House) published the British edition…