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Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings (/ ˈ h eɪ s t ɪ ŋ z /; born 28 December 1945) [1] is a British journalist and military historian, [2] who has worked as a foreign correspondent for the BBC, editor-in-chief of The Daily Telegraph, and editor of the Evening Standard. He is also the author of thirty books, most significantly histories, which ...
All Hell Let Loose: The World at War 1939-1945 is a 2011 book by historian Max Hastings, covering the history of World War II and complementing Hastings' earlier works Overlord, Armageddon and Nemesis. In the United States, it was published under the title Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945. [1]
The book was generally well received by critics, with historian Max Hastings calling it a "worthy celebration" of British deception during the war. [1] Some reviewers, however, criticised the extensive detail and considerable length of Holt's work.
In his Bomber Command, Max Hastings characterised the debate between the two sides as not being whether bombing could "raze [Germany] to the ground" but whether it was the most effective allocation of resources. [14] Mr. Justice Singleton, a High Court judge, was asked by the Cabinet to look into the competing points of view. In his report ...
Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, [1] [2] was an attack on German dams carried out on the night of 16/17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, later called the Dam Busters, using special "bouncing bombs" developed by Barnes Wallis.
Hastings, Max (2005). Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944–1945. Vintage. ... Originally published in "World War II" at Suite101.com on 1 May 1999.
There is a legend, Hastings says, of a united Britain in the summer months of 1940 which stood firm against Hitler and, eventually, having formed the key alliances with the US and the USSR, defeated him. According to Hastings, that was a reality and it would all have been different if another man had been prime minister.
Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945–1975 is a 2018 nonfiction book by the British military historian Max Hastings. The full text is divided into 28 chapters. The author recounts the beginnings of the First Indochina War up until the end of The Vietnam War.