Berlin 柏林

作者简介

Military history, even at its best, can be a cold art. It's easy to lose sight of the fact that wars involve individuals, each with their own hopes, fears and desires. Berlin: the Downfall, 1945, is Antony Beevor's account of the bloody Götterdämmerung that brought the Second World War in Europe to an end, and in which he has fused the large and the small scale effects of war. Beevor paints the broad picture of Marshals Zhukov and Konev, competing for glory and Stalin's attention, as they race their armies towards Berlin. He gives the reader a gripping account of the brutal street-by-street fighting in the German capital and provides an unforgettable portrait of the last, insane days of Hitler and his entourage in the bunker.

 His attention to emotional detail is what made his previous book Stalingrad such a magnificent work, combining a sweeping hisorical narrative with a remarkable sensitivity to human drama. Yet he also highlights the small details of ordinary people caught in the nightmare of history--the sick children evacuated at the last minute from a Potsdam hospital; the Soviet soldiers shaving themselves for the first time in weeks so that they would make appropriately presentable conquerors; and the Nazi Youth teenagers peddling their bikes in despairing, last-ditch attacks against the Red Army's tanks.

 The story Beevor tells is an almost unremittingly terrible one--one of death, rape, hunger and human misery--but he tells it with both an epic sweep and an alertness to individuality. The result is a masterpiece of narrative history that is as powerful as Stalingrad. --Nick Rennison  --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

书籍目录

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSMAPSGLOSSARYPREFACEI Berlin in the New Year2 The 'House of Cards' on the Vistula3 Fire and Sword and 'Noble Fury'4 The Great Winter Offensive5 The Charge to the Oder6 East and West7 Clearing the Rear Areas8 Pomerania and the Oder Bridgeheads9 Objective BerlinIO The Kamarilla and the General StaffPreparing the Coup de Grace12 Waiting for the Onslaught13 Americans on the Elbe14 Eve of Battle15 Zhukov on the Reitwein Spur16 Seelow and the Spree17 The Fahrer's Last Birthday18 The Flight of the Golden Pheasants19 The Bombarded City2o False Hopes21 Fighting in the City22 Fighting in the Forest23 The Betrayal of the Will24 Fahrerddmmerung25 Reich Chancellery and Reichstag26 The End of the Battle27 Vae Victis28 The Man on the White HorseREFERENCESSOURCE NOTESSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX

内容概要

Antony Beevor was educated at Winchester and Sandhurst, A regular officer in the 11th Hussars, he served in Germany and England.He has pubished several novels,while his works of non-fiction include The Spanish Civil War,Crete:The Battle and the Resistance

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