2008
First Published
3.63
Average Rating
480
Number of Pages
This universally acclaimed history...should have been mandatory reading for the civilian and military leaders who opted to invade Irag. The Washington Times
Avg Rating
3.63
Number of Ratings
63
5 STARS
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Author
Alistair Horne
Author · 19 books
Sir Alistair Allan Horne was an English journalist, biographer and historian of Europe, especially of 19th and 20th century France. He wrote more than 20 books on travel, history, and biography. He won the following awards: Hawthornden Prize, 1963, for The Price of Glory; Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Prize and Wolfson Literary Award, both 1978, both for A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962; French Légion d'Honneur, 1993, for work on French history;and Commander of the British Empire (CBE), 2003.
