Rommel (Great commanders)

by Charles Douglas-Home

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0841502552
• ISBN13: 9780841502550
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Saturday Review Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Rommel for the dummies

My knowledge of 2nd world war is quite limited so started with Winston Churchill and then moved on to Rommel. I had some distant relatives who fought in the war under the British command in Africa and to them Rommel was an enigma. He was the hot topic of most of the stories so getting to know about Rommel was mandatory. Considering the size of the book I think Charles Douglas-Home has done justice in portraying Rommel as a real blood and flesh person rather than an enigmatic legend. He is able to differentiate Rommel as a German army officer different from the SS culture. Rommel was not judgmental but instinctive. Home compares Rommel to his counterparts in the British army and you can see how flexible Rommel was in his planning. Home also compares Rommel to the other German generals - as you will notice that Rommel never saw the grand picture but was more preoccupied with his own battle. This is a very elementary book on Rommel and should be a good one for starters