{"product_id":"the-storm-of-war-a-new-history-of-the-second-world-war-9780061228605","title":"The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Gripping. . . . splendid history. A brilliantly clear and accessible account of the war in all its theaters. Roberts's prose is unerringly precise and strikingly vivid. It is hard to imagine a better-told military history of World War II.\" -\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Roberts's acclaimed new history has been hailed as the finest single-volume account of this epic conflict. From the western front to North Africa, from the Baltic to the Far East, he tells the story of the war--the grand strategy and the individual experience, the brutality and the heroism--as never before.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeticulously researched and masterfully written, \u003cem\u003eThe Storm of War\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates the war's principal actors, revealing how their decisions shaped the course of the conflict. Along the way, Roberts presents tales of the many lesser-known individuals whose experiences form a panoply of the courage and self-sacrifice, as well as the depravity and cruelty, of the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberts, Andrew:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAndrew Roberts is the author of \u003cem\u003eMasters and Commanders\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900.\u003c\/em\u003e His other books include \u003cem\u003eNapoleon and Wellington, Eminent Churchillians, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSalisbury, \u003c\/em\u003e which won the Wolfson History Prize. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a PhD in history from Cambridge University and writes regularly for \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Daily Beast.\u003c\/em\u003e He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50645345468690,"sku":"9780061228605","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8993a05e-ce2b-49df-afa7-9b78072ecfc2.jpg?v=1733149794","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-storm-of-war-a-new-history-of-the-second-world-war-9780061228605","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}