"The Rommel Papers" — Erwin Rommel — Leather-bound, gilt-edged Easton Press edition
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An essential collection of the wartime writings and diary of World War II German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, edited with commentary by one of the great military theorists of our time
When Erwin Rommel died-by forced suicide at Hitler's command, he left behind in various ingenious hiding places the papers that recorded the story of his dramatic career and the exact details of his masterly campaigns. It was his custom to dictate each evening a running narrative of the day's events and, after each battle, to summarize its course and the lessons to be learned from it.
He wrote, almost daily, intimate and outspoken letters to his wife in which his private feelings and-after-the-tide-had-turned forebodings found expression. To this is added by Rommel's son, Manfred, the story of the field marshall's last weeks and the final day when he was given the choice of an honorable suicide or an ignominious trial for treason. An engrossing human document and a rare look at the mind of the "Desert Fox," The Rommel Papers throws an interesting light on the Axis alliance and on the inner workings of Hitler's high command.
In a beautiful Easton Press limited edition. Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines.
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