The Fortress: The Great Siege of Przemysl
Autor Alexander Watsonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 oct 2020
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY AND THE BRITISH ARMY MILITARY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
ABBC HISTORY MAGAZINEBOOK OF THE YEAR 2019, ANDFINANCIAL TIMESBOOK OF THE YEAR 2020
'A masterpiece. It deserves to become a classic of military history' Lawrence James,The Times
From the prize-winning author ofRing of Steel, a gripping history of the First World War's longest and most terrible siege
In the autumn of 1914 Europe was at war. The battling powers had already suffered casualties on a scale previously unimaginable. On both the Western and Eastern fronts elaborate war plans lay in ruins and had been discarded in favour of desperate improvisation. In the West this resulted in the remorseless world of the trenches; in the East all eyes were focused on the old, beleaguered Austro-Hungarian fortress of Przemysl.
The siege that unfolded at Przemysl was the longest of the whole war. In the defence of the fortress and the struggle to relieve it Austria-Hungary suffered some 800,000 casualties. Almost unknown in the West, this was one of the great turning points of the conflict. If the Russians had broken through they could have invaded Central Europe, but by the time the fortress fell their strength was so sapped they could go no further.
Alexander Watson, prize-winning author ofRing of Steel, has written one of the great epics of the First World War. Comparable to Stalingrad in 1942-3, Przemysl shaped the course of Europe's future. Neither Russians nor Austro-Hungarians ever recovered militarily from their disasters. Using a huge range of sources, Watson brilliantly recreates a world of long-gone empires, broken armies and a cut-off community sliding into chaos. The siege was central to the war itself, but also a chilling harbinger of what would engulf the entire region in the coming decades, as nationalism, anti-semitism and an exterminatory fury took hold.
'If you read one military history book this year, make it Alexander Watson'sThe Fortress' Tony Barber,Financial Times
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141986333
ISBN-10: 0141986336
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141986336
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Alexander
Watsonis
the
author
of
the
prize-winning
history
of
the
Central
Powers
in
the
First
World
War,Ring
of
Steel.
He
is
Professor
of
History
at
Goldsmiths,
University
of
London.
Recenzii
The
vividly
written
and
well-researchedThe
Fortressis
a
masterpiece.It
deserves
to
become
a
classic
of
military
history.
If you read one military history book this year, make it Alexander Watson'sTheFortress.
Superb, revelatory, haunting... he brings the suffocating, cataclysmic siege burningly alive ... It is excellent history, a marvellously readable, though tragic, story of its time and of how the clock can be made to turn backwards under siege conditions.
Alexander Watson tells this story beautifully, giving the reader a vivid sense of the city ... His exposure of the breathtaking incompetence of the Austrian high command is both shocking and hilarious; his wit and keen sense of the ridiculous alternate with his evident compassion in describing this black farce ...This is a hugely enjoyable book that anyone seeking to make sense of the dark side of 20th-century Europe would do well to read.
Brilliantly researched and superbly written... Pryzemysl offered a bleak preview of what was coming: nationalism, anti-Semitism and a whirlwind of hatred. Grim stuff, but magnificently done.
Marvellous ... Watson uses the fortress city like a jeweller's glass to show how war distorted and transformed the pre-war civilian world ... Watson's splendid book combines great evocative power (and flashes of sharp humour) withthe ethical authority of the best history writing.
Gripping ... Watson's book isan impressive telling of a story almost entirely unknown, and it makes clear how much we have yet to learn about the first world war away from the western front.
If you read one military history book this year, make it Alexander Watson'sTheFortress.
Superb, revelatory, haunting... he brings the suffocating, cataclysmic siege burningly alive ... It is excellent history, a marvellously readable, though tragic, story of its time and of how the clock can be made to turn backwards under siege conditions.
Alexander Watson tells this story beautifully, giving the reader a vivid sense of the city ... His exposure of the breathtaking incompetence of the Austrian high command is both shocking and hilarious; his wit and keen sense of the ridiculous alternate with his evident compassion in describing this black farce ...This is a hugely enjoyable book that anyone seeking to make sense of the dark side of 20th-century Europe would do well to read.
Brilliantly researched and superbly written... Pryzemysl offered a bleak preview of what was coming: nationalism, anti-Semitism and a whirlwind of hatred. Grim stuff, but magnificently done.
Marvellous ... Watson uses the fortress city like a jeweller's glass to show how war distorted and transformed the pre-war civilian world ... Watson's splendid book combines great evocative power (and flashes of sharp humour) withthe ethical authority of the best history writing.
Gripping ... Watson's book isan impressive telling of a story almost entirely unknown, and it makes clear how much we have yet to learn about the first world war away from the western front.