Manstein: Hitler's Greatest General
"Mr. Melvin's biography is meticulously researched, and his treatment of Manstein's military prowess is thorough."—The Wall Street Journal "A searing portraint of soldierly prowess in a disastrous cause, Melvin's comprehensive, judicious account will become the standard biography of Manstein in English."—Publishers Weekly“A comprehensive, vivid portrait . . . Major General Mungo Melvin has admirably captured the long elusive Erich von Manstein in a book of particular relevance to today’s readers.” —Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer prize–winning author ofAn Army at Dawn“Superb . . . Mungo Melvin writes with penetrating analysis and fine prose about the greatest strategic brain of any side in the struggle.”—Andrew Roberts, author ofMasters and Commanders“This crisp, compelling book, the first full-scale biography of Manstein in English . . . grapples with the Manstein myth and gets the measure of the man.” —Daily Express(UK)“Melvin is well attuned to the moral compromise of the Wehrmacht’s senior officers and his biography is markedly nuanced.” —The Times(UK)“A long-overdue analysis of this German Field Marshal . . . Few authors are as qualified to write this book as General Melvin, one of the foremost thinkers in the British Army. . . . [A] compelling yet unflinching portrait of one of the military geniuses of the twentieth century.” —Military History Quarterly“More than a biography of a great commander; this is a penetrating account of a general’s conflict with his political leader and the moral dilemmas involved.” —Soldiermagazine