{"product_id":"the-path-to-victory-douglas-porch-9780374529765","title":"The Path to Victory: The Mediterranean Theater in World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliantly argued, with vivid portraits of Churchill, Montgomery, FDR, Rommel, and Mussolini, this original, accessible, and compelling account of a little-known theater emphasizes the importance of the Mediterranean in the ultimate Allied victory in Europe in World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Mediterranean theater in World War II has long been overlooked by historians who believe it was little more than a string of small-scale battles--sideshows that were of minor importance in a war whose outcome was decided in the clashes of mammoth tank armies in northern Europe. But in this ground-breaking new book, one of our finest military historians argues that the Mediterranean was World War II's pivotal theater. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDouglas Porch's \u003ci\u003eThe Path to Victory\u003c\/i\u003e examines the Mediterranean as an integrated arena, one in which events in Syria and Suez influenced the survival of Gibraltar. Without a Mediterranean alternative, the Western Allies would probably have committed to a premature cross-Channel invasion in 1943 that might well have cost them the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Porch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374529760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374529765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.64h x 5.80w x 1.51d","brand":"Douglas Porch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980908462335,"sku":"9780374529765","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7e3f56b6-4acf-4f2a-b129-2ff341e36b74.jpg?v=1683252591","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-path-to-victory-douglas-porch-9780374529765","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}