Freyberg, Vc: The Man 1939-1945
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: Yellowed
Few commanders of the Second World War inspired the fierce loyalty and admiration that Bernard Freyberg drew from those who served under him, and Major-General W. G. Stevens' intimate portrait of the man known as Freyberg, VC chronicles the life and wartime leadership of one of the most celebrated military figures in New Zealand history. Set against the bloody theatres of the 1939–1945 conflict — from the desperate defence of Greece and Crete to the grinding Italian campaign — the biography presents a commanding study of a warrior-statesman whose personal bravery was matched only by his strategic brilliance and fierce devotion to his New Zealand troops. Written with the authority of a fellow soldier who witnessed events firsthand, Stevens' account goes beyond battlefield dispatches to illuminate the character of a man who embodied an entire nation's martial identity. The prose is measured and precise, carrying the weight of personal testimony while never losing the clarity of military history at its best. For readers drawn to the intersection of biography and wartime narrative, this portrait of Freyberg leaves one question quietly unanswered: what does it truly cost a man — and a nation — to be forged in the fire of total war?
Author: Major-General W. G. Stevens
Format: Hardback
Published: 1965, A. H. & A. W. Reed
Genre: Biography
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: Yellowed
Few commanders of the Second World War inspired the fierce loyalty and admiration that Bernard Freyberg drew from those who served under him, and Major-General W. G. Stevens' intimate portrait of the man known as Freyberg, VC chronicles the life and wartime leadership of one of the most celebrated military figures in New Zealand history. Set against the bloody theatres of the 1939–1945 conflict — from the desperate defence of Greece and Crete to the grinding Italian campaign — the biography presents a commanding study of a warrior-statesman whose personal bravery was matched only by his strategic brilliance and fierce devotion to his New Zealand troops. Written with the authority of a fellow soldier who witnessed events firsthand, Stevens' account goes beyond battlefield dispatches to illuminate the character of a man who embodied an entire nation's martial identity. The prose is measured and precise, carrying the weight of personal testimony while never losing the clarity of military history at its best. For readers drawn to the intersection of biography and wartime narrative, this portrait of Freyberg leaves one question quietly unanswered: what does it truly cost a man — and a nation — to be forged in the fire of total war?