Knight's Cross : A Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

ISBN: 0060925973

Author: Fraser, David

Condition: New

A vivid, balanced and frequently enthralling biography of Rommel, the general and the man. It is must reading for every aficionado of modern military history. -San Francisco ChronicleErwin Rommels instinct for battle and leadership places him among the great commanders of history. In this definitive biography, David Fraser, an acclaimed biographer and distinguished soldier, looks at Rommels career and shows how wild and superficially undisciplined Rommels bold style of leadership could be, and how it inspired the men under his command to attack with ferocity and pursue with tenacity-qualities that served him well in his great battles in the North African desert and throughout his entire military career. Fraser also thoroughly explores the question of Rommels possible involvement in the plot against Hitler and the reason for his forced suicide, even though there was no criminal evidence against him.Revealing his failings as well as his genius, Knights Cross is a fascinating biography of a soldier whose distinguished career has become a part of history.