{"product_id":"topography-is-fate-matthew-arnold-9783868284041","title":"Topography Is Fate: North African Battlefields of WWII","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome World War II battle sites, such as the D-Day beaches of\u003cbr\u003eNormandy, are well known and frequently visited. The critical\u003cbr\u003ebattlefields of the North African campaign, which took place\u003cbr\u003ebetween June 1940 and May 1943, are particularly\u003cbr\u003einaccessible, both because of their geographic location and\u003cbr\u003ebecause they exist within a region that continues to be\u003cbr\u003eaffected by political strife and violent upheavals. Yet, in 2011\u003cbr\u003eand 2012, the photographer Matthew Arnold spent several\u003cbr\u003emonths traveling from Egypt to Tunisia to document remote\u003cbr\u003eWWII battlefields where Axis and Allied forces fought against\u003cbr\u003eeach other and against the elements amid challenging terrain.\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully illustrated with 79 of Arnold's color images from this project, the book commemorates the 70th anniversary of the end of the North\u003cbr\u003eAfrican campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A vivid, often haunting look at North African battlefields\u003cbr\u003ethat have been silent and largely unobserved for more than\u003cbr\u003eseventy years. Matthew Arnold's photographs are so compelling\u003cbr\u003ethat little imagination is needed to see opposing\u003cbr\u003earmies once again sweeping across the desert.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRick Atkinson (American author and Pulitzer Prize winner)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Arnold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3868284044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783868284041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kehrer Verlag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.80h x 9.60w x 0.90d","brand":"Matthew Arnold","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46526294360319,"sku":"9783868284041","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3b4ebfe-568a-4219-8d73-8827b6eb15fc.jpg?v=1737555755","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/topography-is-fate-matthew-arnold-9783868284041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}