Autor Max Hastings

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times and Waterstones Book of the Year ‘The messy, dirty, bloody reality of Operation Overlord comes alive in Sword, Hastings’s portrait of the individual soldiers who risked their lives on the beaches of Normandy. He brings…

The last weeks of World War II on the Western Front in Europe witnessed extraordinary scenes of heroism, horror, melodrama and pathos.In Plunder, Max Hastings presents a cast of fascinating people British, American and German, in a series of great events…

THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Times Best History Book of the Year; A Waterstones Best Book of the Year 'Reads like a thriller… I couldn't put Max Hastings's new book down' DAILY MAIL 'Hastings is a master of drama, a writer intimately familiar with…

A magisterial history of the greatest and most terrible event in history, from one of the finest historians of the Second World War. A book which shows the impact of war upon hundreds of millions of people around the world- soldiers, sailors and airmen;…

In Armageddon, one of Britain's most highly regarded historians tells the epic story of the bloody last eight months of the war in Europe. 'Hastings triumphs . . . he conveys brilliantly what fighting was like for those who had to do it' – David…

Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably the most successful.In February 1942 RAF intelligence was baffled by a newly-identified radar network on the coast of Nazi-occupied Europe, codenamed…

‘A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle … Compelling’ Daily Mail‘An unmissable read’ Sunday Times

A gripping, authoritative history of one of the darkest periods in the Second World War, as the Resistance, the SOE and the SAS attempt to hold back the 2nd SS Panzer Division in France.

Acclaimed historian Sir Max Hastings' masterly account of the D-Day landings in 1944, as the Allies battled to take control of Normandy from the German army.

A Times History Book of the Year 2022From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings ‘the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis’ Daily Telegraph

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings.

The Sunday Times bestseller'One of the most dramatic forgotten chapters of the war, as told in a new book by the incomparable Max Hastings' DAILY MAIL

'A fascinating collection of military stories ... The sort of book that can be picked up at intervals ... [but] once tasted, is hard to put down' Washington PostFrom bestselling author Max Hastings, a collection of the most extraordinary stories of war,…

From the #1 bestselling historian Max HastingsThe 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the world gazed into the…

Podrobné dějiny tragické války Kompletně zpracovaná kronika jednoho z nejtragičtějších konfliktů dvacátého století. „Charakteristicky vytříbené, monumentální dílo, které skvěle vykresluje politické, kulturní, vojenské a sociální faktory, jež vedly k…

'As gripping as any spy thriller, Hastings's achievement is especially impressive, for he has produced the best single volume yet written on the subject' Sunday Times'Authoritative, exciting and notably well written' Daily Telegraph'A

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'His masterpiece' Antony Beevor, Spectator'A masterful performance' Sunday Times'By far the best book on the Vietnam War' Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the Year

In August 1942, beleaguered Malta was within weeks of surrender to the Axis, because its 300,000 people could no longer be fed. Churchill made a personal decision that at all costs, the 'island fortress' must be saved. This was not merely a matter of…

Britský historik a publicista vytvoril strhujúci obraz posledného obdobia druhej svetovej vojny, od augusta 1944 do mája 1945. O tom, že nacistické Nemecko bude porazené, už nik nepochyboval, ale zostávali stále ešte dlhé mesiace úporných bojov a hlavne…

První světová válka, předznamenaná atentátem na rakouského arcivévodu Františka Ferdinanda v červnu 1914, zahájila éru sebezničujícího krveprolévání a zbořila „starý svět“. Přední britský historik vojenství Max Hastings dramaticky popisuje, co této konfrontaci…

Čtrnáct příběhů výjimečně odvážných a zanícených bojovníků odehrávajících se na pozadí odlišné logiky a technologie stejného počtu velmi odlišných válek. Od těch napoleonských přes dvě světové až po tankovou bitvu na Golanských výšinách před námi defilují…