The History of the Second World War

B H Liddell Hart was a military strategist and writer of great acclaim. Born in Paris in 1895, he was educated at Cambridge before serving on the West Front with the Yorkshire Light Infantry after which he was military correspondent of the Daily Telegraph and the The Times. His many books include biographies of several great commanders, and The Other Side of the Hill – his interviews with World War II's highest-ranking German generals. His two great studies of World War I and II were published in 1930 and 1970 respectively. He was knighted in 1966.