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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Sep 10, 2001
Pros: Detailed account of the abortive Allied attempt to end the war in 1944.
Cons: The operation failed. Field Marshal Montgomery who commanded from the rear.
Summary: Shortly after the tremendous success of the D-Day invasion, Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery (Monty) approached Supreme Commander Eisenhower (Ike) with a daring plan to end the War in Europe. The normally cautious Monty conceived an end run around ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 9, 2004
Pros: It is the best work of its genre (popular military history) by Cornelius Ryan
Cons: None, unless you don't want to read about an Allied defeat.
Summary: On the morning of Sept. 17, 1944, taking off from 24 airfields in southeast England in what was "the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled for a single battle," the leading elements of three Allied airborne divisions roared aloft and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 15, 2001
Pros: Behind-the-scenes view of a battle gone wrong. Thrilling battle action. Horrifyingly pointless death.
Cons: Too many "If only this was different, the whole battle would have changed" statements.
Summary: Summary
Operation Market-Garden, World War II's largest airborne offensive operation, was a 90% success. That 10% failure meant that the Allies had a 60 mile salient to nowhere, unused in the following year's offensives. Thousands of ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 22, 2001
Pros: Well documented history, grand story.
Cons: May be too long and Dry for many
Summary: This book has got to be the most research on the topic of world war two that I have read. Have Ryan has done is scoured so many sources to find an incredible amount of stories and facts surrounding the Market-Garden campaign. The Market-Garden campaign ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 8, 2000
Pros: Detail at a spellbinding and breathtaking pace
Cons: Methodology and lack of conclusions
Summary: Cornelius Ryan revolutionized the eye witness aspect of military history which has come to be the norm for modern military history academics. A Bridge Too Far was the last volume of Mr. Ryan's trilogy of World War II, and the second in chronological ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 18, 2000
Pros: Superbly written; dramatic and colorful
Cons: None
Summary: "A Bridge Too Far" is the third in a series of books written by the late Cornelius Ryan about the major battles of the Second World War. In dramatic fashion, Ryan superbly tells the story of Operation "Market-Garden," biggest single ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 21, 2000
Pros: Fastmoving, first-person history
Cons: NONE
Summary: There is much talked and written about of "first person" or "living history". Long before it was fashionable, Cornelious Ryan was interviewing thousands of WW2 vets (when the memories had still not faded) to craft his now classic ... read more
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ISBN13: 9780684803302. ISBN10: 0684803305. by Cornelius Ryan. Published by Simon & Schuster, Inc.. Edition: 74
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