{"product_id":"alamein-simon-ball-9780199682034","title":"Alamein","description":"El Alamein was one of the pivotal battles of the Second World War, fought by armies and air forces on the cutting edge of military technology. Yet Alamein has always had a patchy reputation - with many commentators willing to knock its importance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book explains just why El Alamein is such a controversial battle. Based on an intensive reading of the contemporary sources, in particular the extensive and recently declassified British bugging of Axis prisoners of war, military historian Simon Ball turns Alamein on its head, explaining it as a cultural \u003cem\u003edefeat\u003c\/em\u003e for Britain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlamein\u003c\/em\u003e is a military history of the battle - showing how different it looks stripped of later cultural excrescences. But it also shows how 'Alamein culture' saturated the post-war world, when archival sources mingled with film, novels, magazines, popular histories, and the rest of Alamein's footprint. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether you are interested in the battle itself or its cultural afterlife, if you have an opinion about Alamein, you'll question it after reading this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Ball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199682038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199682034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Simon Ball","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054731587839,"sku":"9780199682034","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5df793e6-9958-41c5-8e65-1e0b732f81e7.jpg?v=1685031665","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alamein-simon-ball-9780199682034","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}