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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )The Greatest Day in History: How, on the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month, the First World War Finally Came to an Endby: Nicholas Best  List Price: $27.95 Amazon.com's Price: $20.10 You Save: $7.85 (28%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 940.439 EAN: 9781586486402 ISBN: 1586486403 Label: PublicAffairs Manufacturer: PublicAffairs Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: October 13, 2008 Publisher: PublicAffairs Release Date: October 13, 2008 Studio: PublicAffairs Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: World War I did not end neatly with the Germans’ surrender. After a dramatic week of negotiations, military offensives, and the beginning of a Communist revolution, the German Imperial regime collapsed. The Allies eventually granted an armistice to a new German government, and at 11:00 on November 11, the guns officially ceased fire—but only after 11,000 more casualties had been sustained. The London Daily Express proclaimed it “the greatest day in history.” Nicholas Best tells the story in sweeping, cinematic style, following a set of key participants through the twists and turns of these climactic events, and sharing the impressions of eyewitnesses including Adolf Hitler, Charles de Gaulle, Harry S. Truman, Anthony Eden, and future famous generals MacArthur, Patton, and Montgomery. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Hard to agree with the title but a solid work none the lessI have to say in praise of this work was that it did a very credible job of following the last few hours of the First World War and what took place in the scramble to conclude the Armistice. I can also agree with the author that the terms that were concluded helped to sow the seeds of the second world war. The book does have a great weakness in that it is overly technical and as was mentioned earlier there is too little time spent on the reaction of the common troops. The author also can't help himself ... Read More Rating:  - A must for anyone who wants to call themselves World War I history buffIt takes a long series of events to start a war, and it takes a long series to end it. "The Greatest Day in History: How, On the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month, The First World War Came to an End" chronicles the series of events that led to the conclusion of World War I and the unconditional surrender of the Germans. The story covers the events leading up to the surrender including the final bloody morning in great detail, informing readers with the intriguing tale. "The Greatest ... Read More Rating: - A Not Too Distant MirrorNovember 11, 2008 will be the 90th anniversary of the Armistice that ended the fighting in World War I. Nicholas Best, a novelist, historian and former fiction critic for the Financial Times, delivers a well-written narrative of the week leading up to what The London Daily Express called "The Greatest Day in History." He tells the tale from many perspectives--German soldiers retreating in good order in the face of the Allied onslaught, Allied troops fighting hard to settle scores for fallen ... Read More 
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