A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan Softcover Book
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Title: A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan Softcover Book.
Author: Cornelius Ryan.
Type: Non-Fiction.
Edition: Sixth Impression 1977.
Publisher: Coronet Books.
Year First Published: 1974.
Format: Softcover Book.
Printed By: Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd, Aylesbury Bucks.
Page Count: 576 pages.
Size: Width: 11cm.
Height: 17.5cm.
Thickness: 3.5cm.
Info: A Bridge Too Far (1974) by Cornelius Ryan gives an account of Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied attempt to break through German lines at Arnhem by taking a series of bridges in the occupied Netherlands during World War II.
Ryan named his book after a comment attributed to Lieutenant General Frederick Browning before the operation, who reportedly said to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, "I think we may be going a bridge too far." But Antony Beevor disputes this, saying that Browning had supported the operation, especially in view of receiving more resources. Secondly he did not appear to have encountered Montgomery that day.
Drawing on a wide variety of sources, Ryan documented his account of the 1944 battle with pictures and maps.
He addressed tactical mistakes made in planning the operation. Until Ryan's book, Market Garden had been a classic example of victors writing the history; that is, popular accounts of World War II tended to overlook the battle or to accept Field Marshal Montgomery's spin on it as being a "partial success".
There were frequent later editions, and a film based on it was released in 1977. Wikipedia.
Condition: Good, all pages and binding intact, no loose page, somr browning on edges due to age.
Price: R 75.00 Inc Vat.
