Godina izdanja: 2008
Jezik: Engleski
ISBN: Ostalo
Autor: Strani

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“Masterly.
. . . Roberts’s portrait of the relationship between the four men who made
Allied strategy through the war years is a triumph of vivid description,
telling anecdotes, and informed analysis.` —Max Hastings, The New York Review of Books

An epic joint biography, Masters and Commanders explores the degree to which the course of the Second World War turned on the relationships and temperaments of four of the strongest personalities of the twentieth century: political masters Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt and the commanders of their armed forces, General Sir Alan Brooke and General George C. Marshall.

Each was exceptionally tough-willed and strong-minded, and each was certain that only he knew best how to win the war. Andrew Roberts, `Britain`s finest contemporary military historian` (The Economist), traces the mutual suspicion and admiration, the rebuffs and the charm, the often-explosive disagreements and wary reconciliations, and he helps us to appreciate the motives and imperatives of these key leaders as they worked tirelessly in the monumental struggle to destroy Nazism.




Masters and Commanders – Andrew Roberts
Ova istorijska knjiga (2008) bavi se vrhom savezničkog vojnog i političkog rukovodstva tokom Drugog svetskog rata, fokusirajući se na odnos između Britanije i Sjedinjenih Država.

O čemu je knjiga?

Roberts prati četiri ključne ličnosti:
• Winston Churchill
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Alan Brooke
• George C. Marshall

Kroz njihove odnose, sukobe i strateške odluke, knjiga pokazuje kako su saveznici planirali pobedu nad silama Osovine.

Glavne teme
• razlike u britanskoj i američkoj strategiji
• lični odnosi koji utiču na globalne odluke
• sukob ega, ali i međusobno poštovanje
• ključne odluke poput otvaranja zapadnog fronta

Roberts posebno naglašava tenziju između Čerčilove želje za mediteranskom strategijom i američkog insistiranja na direktnom napadu na Francusku (Dan D).

Stil i utisak

Knjiga je detaljna, ali vrlo čitljiva. Kombinuje vojnu istoriju sa biografskim pristupom, pa deluje gotovo kao politički triler — ali zasnovan na stvarnim događajima.

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