{"product_id":"arnhem-black-tuesday-9780857506566","title":"Arnhem: Black Tuesday","description":"\u003cp\u003eUtterly brilliant... this book really is the last word on the Battle of Arnhem James Holland   Superb... A military historian of originality and insight to compare with the best Saul David  This book is a revelation  not in facts delivered  but in the mood evoked. This is Arnhem unplugged By confining himself to men in and around Arnhem on that Tuesday  Murray achieves something special The Times    Al Murray has always been obsessed by this legendary battle  and in Arnhem: Black Tuesday he showcases all of his knowledge  interpretation and enthusiasm to bear to tell the story of one of history s great heroic failures differently for the first time.  The Battle of Arnhem is one of the best-known stories in British military history: a daring but doomed attempt to secure a vital bridgehead across the Rhine in order to end the war before Christmas 1944. It is always written about  with the benefit of unerring 20\/20 hindsight  as being destined to fail  but the men who fought there  men of military legend  didnt know that that was to be their fate. By focusing on the events of one day as they happened through the eyes of the British participants and without bringing any knowledge of what would happen tomorrow to bear  Al Murray offers a very different perspective on a familiar narrative. Some things went right and a great many more went wrong  but recounting them in this way allows the reader to understand for the first time how certain decisions were taken in the moment and how opportunities were squandered.  Tuesday 19 September 1944 was the terrible day which became known as Black Tuesday. From just after 12:00 hours while plans were being made to seize the initiative and optimism reigned  to the following midnight  when Arnhem was burning and the Allied fortunes looked very different  a mere twenty-four hours changed the course of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67963972616245,"sku":"ByrdShop_0857506560","price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780857506566.jpg?v=1794544259","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/arnhem-black-tuesday-9780857506566","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}