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Great Battles of History
Anzio: The Gamble That Failed
This account of the ill-fated amphibious assault on Anzio, a beachhead in German-held Italy, also portrays the major figures and ranking commanders involved, including Winston Churchill, General Harold Alexander, General Mark Clark, and General John Lucas
224 pages, Paperback
First published March 21, 1978
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Martin Blumenson
68 books13 followersMartin Blumenson was a soldier in the US army, and a military historian, and a recognised authority on the life of Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
Blumenson received a Bachelors and Masters degree from Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. He received a second master's degree in history from Harvard University. He also was an exellent pianist, performing at Carnegie Hall as a young man.
He served as a U.S. Army officer in northwestern Europe during World War II.
After the war he lived in France for a number of years, where he met his wife of 55 years, Genevieve Adelbert Blumenson, who died in 2000.
Blumenson again served with the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and later worked in the Office of the Chief of Military History until 1967. After this he became an adviser on civil disorders for the Johnson administration.
Blumenson received a Bachelors and Masters degree from Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. He received a second master's degree in history from Harvard University. He also was an exellent pianist, performing at Carnegie Hall as a young man.
He served as a U.S. Army officer in northwestern Europe during World War II.
After the war he lived in France for a number of years, where he met his wife of 55 years, Genevieve Adelbert Blumenson, who died in 2000.
Blumenson again served with the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and later worked in the Office of the Chief of Military History until 1967. After this he became an adviser on civil disorders for the Johnson administration.
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January 24, 2020
Since Blumenson wrote the Green Book on the U.S. part of the Italian campaign, nobody was better placed to digest its main operations into shorter monographs of greater clarity. In this respect, his small paragraphs have an Osprey feel. On the other hand, the scattered insertion of individual soldiers' most memorable moments can't disguise the dullness of diluted Official History prose..
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