PILLAR OF FIRE
Book ID/图书代码： 00530014B76149
English Summary/英文概要： In the space of three and a half weeks during May and early June 1940, the armed forces of Nazi Germany came breathtakingly close to winning the war, only ten months after it had begun.
The British Expeditionary Force and its French and Belgian allies were cut off in the north and driven back to the very sands of the Channel and the ruins of Dunkirk, the lone port still in their hands. The BEF – and Britain – faced disaster.
How that catastrophe was averted, through a combination of enemy blunders and British resourcefulness, is told here by Ronald Atkin, in an account that exposes the myth of the ‘miracle of Dunkirk’. The true story of those desperate and chaotic weeks is dramatically chronicled through the diaries, memoirs and personal reminiscences of the men who lived through them, from generals to foot soldiers.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1940年五月至六月上旬的三周半时间里，德国纳粹势力以势如破竹之势直逼胜利，而此时距离战争开始仅仅十月。
英国远征军极其法国与比利时盟军的行军路线在北部被切断，他们被迫退回英吉利海峡和敦刻尔克废墟附近，孤港仍旧在他们的掌控之中。英国远征军---及英国本土，正面临着巨大的灾难。
罗纳德•阿特金斯将为我们揭开这场神奇的敦刻尔克之战背后的神秘面纱，他将为我们讲述这场战争浩劫最后是如何通过敌军一系列的失误以及英军的足智多谋而转败为赢。这绝望与混乱的数周被戏剧化地记录在了无数的日记、回忆录以及许多名参与者的回忆之中，这些人们从这场战争中幸存了下来，其中有将军，亦有平凡的步兵。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：作为一名中学历史老师，作为一名毕生都在阅读世界大战书籍的人，我本以为自己很清晰的知道敦刻尔克之战的前因后果及其整场战争的过程，然而《战火之心》却证实了我的谬误；除了我所知道的事件以外，还有那么多我忽视了和有所不知的地方。极其推荐阿特金斯的这本书籍，尤其是那些正在学习这一时期历史的学生们。而如果你对英雄主义且事关人类利益存亡的故事深感兴趣，同样我也将不遗余力地推荐本书。《战火之心》正是那种即便你已经完完整整地阅读了整个故事，了解了其始终，你却还是渴望能够了解更多更多。
As a high school history teacher and a life reader of books about the World Wars I thought I had a pretty good idea of what had happened in the before, during, and after of Dunkirk, however Pillar of Fire proved me wrong; there was oh so much more I was ignorant of than what I knew. I highly recommend Mr. Atkin’s book to anyone who considers themselves to be a student of this era. I would also recommend it to anyone who is interested in heroic human interest stories. Pillar of Fire is one of those books that, while it completely told the story of what happened left me feeling that I wished I could have more.
About the Author/作者介绍： 罗纳德•阿特金斯是一名记者，作家和历史学家，他的其他作品有“Revolution: Mexico 1910-1920”; “Maintain The Right, an early history of the Mounted Police of Canada”;“ Dieppe 1942: The Jubilee Disaster”，以及“The Book of Wimbledon”。1984年时，他获得英国年度体育记者称号，并最终历经艰难完成了Great Bars of the World的汇编研究工作。Ronald Atkin is a journalist, author and historian whose other works include Revolution: Mexico 1910-1920; Maintain The Right, an early history of the Mounted Police of Canada; Dieppe 1942: The Jubilee Disaster; and The Book of Wimbledon. Britain’s Sports Journalist of the Year in 1984, he also narrowly survived the detailed research necessary to compile Great Bars of the World.
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