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The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945, McKay, Sinclair, 978125
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
1250258014
ISBN-13
9781250258014
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13038802134
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fire and the Darkness : the Bombing of Dresden 1945
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Topic
Military / World War II, Europe / Germany
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
21.9 Oz
Item Length
6.4 in
Item Width
9.5 in
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Trade
LCCN
2019-044455
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Reviews
"Disturbing and compelling in equal measure. Sinclair McKay brings a dark subject vividly to life." --Keith Lowe, author of Savage Continent and The Fear and the Freedom "A full and powerful account of warfare that ignored the distinction between military and civilian objectives." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Disturbing and compelling in equal measure. Sinclair McKay brings a dark subject vividly to life." --Keith Lowe, author of Savage Continent and The Fear and the Freedom "A full and powerful account of warfare that ignored the distinction between military and civilian objectives." -- Kirkus Reviews "There have been many books on the bombing of Dresden . . . but Sinclair McKay's account is a worthy addition. Eschewing easy moralising, he prefers to reflect on Dresden's intensely moving annual ceremony of remembrance and the episode's place in collective memory. Above all, he rejoices in the modern city's resurrection." -- The Economist "Engrossing . . . well-researched, powerfully written, and balanced. For all interested in military history and World War II." -- Library Journal (starred review) "McKay's extensive research and animated prose capture the terror and tragedy of the bombing. Readers won't soon forget this devastating account." -- Publishers Weekly "Mr. McKay's rich narrative and descriptive gifts provide us with an elegant yet unflinching account of that terrible night... to be recommended as a very readable and finely crafted addition to the literature on one of modern history's most morally fraught military operations." -- Wall Street Journal, "Disturbing and compelling in equal measure. Sinclair McKay brings a dark subject vividly to life." --Keith Lowe, author of Savage Continent and The Fear and the Freedom, "Disturbing and compelling in equal measure. Sinclair McKay brings a dark subject vividly to life." --Keith Lowe, author of Savage Continent and The Fear and the Freedom "A full and powerful account of warfare that ignored the distinction between military and civilian objectives." -- Kirkus Reviews "Engrossing . . . well-researched, powerfully written, and balanced. For all interested in military history and World War II." -- Library Journal (starred review) "McKay's extensive research and animated prose capture the terror and tragedy of the bombing. Readers won't soon forget this devastating account." -- Publishers Weekly, "Disturbing and compelling in equal measure. Sinclair McKay brings a dark subject vividly to life." --Keith Lowe, author of Savage Continent and The Fear and the Freedom "A full and powerful account of warfare that ignored the distinction between military and civilian objectives." -- Kirkus Reviews "Engrossing . . . well-researched, powerfully written, and balanced. For all interested in military history and World War II." -- Library Journal (starred review) "McKay's extensive research and animated prose capture the terror and tragedy of the bombing. Readers won't soon forget this devastating account." -- Publishers Weekly "Mr. McKay's rich narrative and descriptive gifts provide us with an elegant yet unflinching account of that terrible night... to be recommended as a very readable and finely crafted addition to the literature on one of modern history's most morally fraught military operations." -- Wall Street Journal, "Disturbing and compelling in equal measure. Sinclair McKay brings a dark subject vividly to life." --Keith Lowe, author of Savage Continent and The Fear and the Freedom "A full and powerful account of warfare that ignored the distinction between military and civilian objectives." -- Kirkus Reviews "McKay's extensive research and animated prose capture the terror and tragedy of the bombing. Readers won't soon forget this devastating account." -- Publishers Weekly
Dewey Decimal
943.21
Table Of Content
Part One: The Approaching Fury Chapter 1: The Days Before Chapter 2: In the Forests of the Gauleiter Chapter 3: The Dethroning of Reason Chapter 4: Art and Degeneracy Chapter 5: The Glass Man and the Physicists Chapter 6: "A Sort of Little London" Chapter 7: The Science of Doomsday Chapter 8: The Correct Atmospheric Conditions Chapter 9: Hosing Out Chapter 10: The Devil Will Get No Rest Part Two: Schreckensnacht Chapter 11: The Day of Darkness Chapter 12: Five Minutes Before the Sirens Chapter 13: Into the abyss Chapter 14: Shadows and Light Chapter 15: 10:03 PM Chapter 16: The Burning Eyes Chapter 17: Midnight Chapter 18: The Second Wave Chapter 19: From Among the Dead Chapter 20: The Third Wave Part Three: Aftershock Chapter 21: Dead Men and Dreamers Chapter 22: The Radiant Tombs Chapter 23: The Meanings of Terror Chapter 24: The Music of the Dead Chapter 25: Recoil Chapter 26: "The Stalinist Style" Chapter 27: Beauty and Remembrance
Synopsis
A gripping work of narrative nonfiction recounting the history of the Dresden Bombing, one of the most devastating attacks of World War II. On February 13th, 1945 at 10:03 PM, British bombers began one of the most devastating attacks of WWII: the bombing of Dresden. The first contingent killed people and destroyed buildings, roads, and other structures. The second rained down fire, turning the streets into a blast furnace, the shelters into ovens, and whipping up a molten hurricane in which the citizens of Dresden were burned, baked, or suffocated to death. Early the next day, American bombers finished off what was left. Sinclair McKay's The Fire and the Darkness is a pulse-pounding work of history that looks at the life of the city in the days before the attack, tracks each moment of the bombing, and considers the long period of reconstruction and recovery. The Fire and the Darkness is powered by McKay's reconstruction of this unthinkable terror from the points of view of the ordinary civilians: Margot Hille, an apprentice brewery worker; Gisela Reichelt, a ten-year-old schoolgirl; boys conscripted into the Hitler Youth; choristers of the Kreuzkirche choir; artists, shop assistants, and classical musicians, as well as the Nazi officials stationed there. What happened that night in Dresden was calculated annihilation in a war that was almost over. Sinclair McKay's brilliant work takes a complex, human, view of this terrible night and its aftermath in a gripping book that will be remembered long after the last page is turned.
LC Classification Number
D757.9.D7M335 2020
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