{"product_id":"0qz4algdtm5y","title":"A SHORT HISTORY: World War II by Norman Stone [Paperback]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA pacy, compelling and penetrating account from Wolfson Prize-winning author Norman Stone, that shows World War Two in a fresh new light\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Second World War is the nightmare that sits at the heart of the modern era - a total refutation of any notion of human progress and a conflict which still haunts us seventy years on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorman Stone's gripping new book aims to tell the narrative of the war in as brief a compass as possible, making a sometimes familiar story utterly fresh and arresting. As with his highly acclaimed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWorld War One: A Short History\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, there is a compelling sense of a terrible story unfolding, of a sceptical and humorous intelligence at work, and a wish to convey to an audience who may well have no memory of the conflict just how high the stakes were.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a beautifully written, clever and imaginative attempt to convey what can almost not be conveyed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAbout the author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorman Stone is one of Britain's greatest historians. His major works include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Eastern Front\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e1914-1917\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (winner of the Wolfson Prize and published by Penguin), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEurope Transformed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Atlantic and Its Enemies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (published by Penguin). He has taught at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Bilkent, where he is now Director of the Turkish-Russian Centre. He lives in Ankara.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eReviews:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Professor Norman Stone has achieved the impossible; he has somehow written a comprehensive history of the Second World War in just under 200 pages, summarising the entire conflict while leaving out nothing of importance and bringing his lifetime of study of the subject to bear in a witty, incisive and immensely readable way ... Norman Stone has proved yet again that he is one of the most original, witty and powerful British historians writing today' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAndrew Roberts,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eStandpoint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The joy and strength of this compact history, besides its trenchancy and, in the publishers' words, the \"sceptical and humorous intelligence at work\", is its narrative clarity ... a book to clear the mind after the grand tour of the big volumes' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAllan Mallinson,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Novices will receive a painless introduction, but educated readers should not pass up the highly opinionated prologue and epilogue and the author's trademark acerbic commentary throughout ... Readers of all stripes ... will find plenty to ponder' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48327878312186,"sku":"0QZ4ALGDTM5Y","price":764.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/0QZ4ALGDTM5Y.jpg?v=1746772413","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/0qz4algdtm5y","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}