A Bridge Too Far ~ Cornelius Ryan, 1974, 1st Ed. - 1st Print, Hardcover w/Jacket

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A Bridge Too Far ~ Cornelius Ryan, 1974, 1st Ed. - 1st Print, Hardcover w/Jacket:
$11.70

\"This is perhaps the most thrilling, moving and powerful work of history to come out of World War II\"\"Rich in detail, terrifying in suspense, breathlessly exciting, superb in its recreation of a great event,
A Bridge Too Far is Cornelius Ryan\'s finest book.\"A Bridge Too Far tells the story of Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied attempt to break through German lines
at Arnhem across the river Rhine in the occupied Netherlands during World War II in September 1944.
The title of the book comes from a comment made by British Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning,
deputy commander of the First Allied Airborne Army, who told Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery before the operation,
\"I think we may be going a bridge too far.\"Popular histories of World War II of the time usually tended to not mention the battle at all,
or mentioned it in passing as being a \"partial success\". A Bridge Too Far was responsible for bringing to the general public\'s attention the full extent of this massive operation, including a catalogue of errors and miscalculations, whilst highlighting the bravery of the participants.