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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 9781428180772 ISBN: 142818077X Label: Recorded Books Manufacturer: Recorded Books Number Of Items: 9 Publication Date: 2008-05 Publisher: Recorded Books Studio: Recorded Books Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: *** To watch videos featuring the story behind Killing Rommel, visit www.KillingRommel.com *** Steven Pressfield’s quintet of acclaimed, bestselling novels of ancient warfare— Gates of Fire, Tides of War, Last of the Amazons, The Virtues of War, and The Afghan Campaign— have earned him a reputation as a master chronicler of military history, a supremely literate and engaging storyteller, and an author with acute insight into the minds of men in battle. In Killing Rommel Pressfield extends his talents to the modern world with a WWII tale based on the real-life exploits of the Long Range Desert Group, an elite British special forces unit that took on the German Afrika Korps and its legendary commander, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, "the Desert Fox." Autumn 1942. Hitler’s legions have swept across Europe; France has fallen; Churchill and the English are isolated on their island. In North Africa, Rommel and his Panzers have routed the British Eighth Army and stand poised to overrun Egypt, Suez, and the oilfields of the Middle East. With the outcome of the war hanging in the balance, the British hatch a desperate plan—send a small, highly mobile, and heavily armed force behind German lines to strike the blow that will stop the Afrika Korps in its tracks. Narrated from the point of view of a young lieutenant, Killing Rommel brings to life the flair, agility, and daring of this extraordinary secret unit, the Long Range Desert Group. Stealthy and lethal as the scorpion that serves as their insignia, they live by their motto: Non Vi Sed Arte—Not by Strength, by Guile as they gather intelligence, set up ambushes, and execute raids. Killing Rommel chronicles the tactics, weaponry, and specialized skills needed for combat, under extreme desert conditions. And it captures the camaraderie of this “band of brothers” as they perform the acts of courage and cunning crucial to the Allies’ victory in North Africa. As in all of his previous novels, Pressfield powerfully renders the drama and intensity of warfare, the bonds of men in close combat, and the surprising human emotions and frailties that come into play on the battlefield. A vivid and authoritative depiction of the desert war, Killing Rommel brilliantly dramatizes an aspect of World War II that hasn’t been in the limelight since Patton. Combining scrupulous historical detail and accuracy with remarkable narrative momentum, this galvanizing novel heralds Pressfield’s gift for bringing more recent history to life. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Solid, very informative and enjoyableWritten in the first person like a nonfiction memoir, Pressfield gives us an honest, real life glimpse into the battlefield operations in Africa as The Desert Fox, Rommel turned the Allies strategies into mush. I've read some of the reviews and it seems to me that many of the reviewers were simply not prepared for the style and format of this book. It is unlike anything that I have read. The first person memoir is not unique, but the detail of the war and battle minutiae might be too much for ... Read More Rating:  - terribleAll I do is read. Too bad this book in unreadable. Try as I did I could never get past the strange method of telling the so-called story. It is so wierdly written.I finally just chucked it in the trash. Rating: - Fine Novel, Faulty HistoryThe least credible statement in this book is in the 'Historical Note'. In that the author claims: 'All details of the trucks and tanks are historically accurate as are desert geography and place names, campaigns of the war and timing of battles, equipment, weapons, nomenclature and all wireless and operational protocols'. Well, trucks, equipment, nomenclature, and protocols are one thing. As for tanks, the campaigns of the North African war and the timing of battles he makes manages an amazing series ... Read More Rating:  - A truly extraordinary piece of military historical writingI'm an admirer of the author's five previous books dealing with war and military life in the ancient world -- but that's where my own academic background is and I understand what's happening perhaps better than most readers. I wasn't sure about this one, though, which is Pressfield's first historical set in our own time. For one thing, the technology and strategy of World War II is vastly different from those of the ancient world. But I needn't have been concerned. Pressfield has the rare knack of dropping ... Read More Rating: - Different in its way but still magnificent.The book was really different from what I thought it was going to be. It is seemingly a departure from Pressfield normal way of story telling. However, given enough time and reflection you can see how similar it really is. This is no "Gates of Fire" but it is a nice addition to my historical fiction library. 
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