The Last 100 Days; The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe by John Toland - 1966

New York, NY: Random House, 1966 Random House, New York. 1966. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book condition: Good; wear at lower tips and tail; light wear at head and upper tips. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($8.95); wear, small closed tears at head and tips; bumping at lower edge. Dark blue cloth boards and spine with black, gilt, and red lettering on the spine and front board. Maps as endpapers. Tinted textblock top. 622 pp 8vo. On January 27, 1945, the Russians were 50 miles from Berlin and American and British forces were about to cross the Rhine. 100 days later the Third Reich lay in ruins and former allies had become antagonists. The climax of the war in Europe was filled with momentous happenings but the author is most concerned with the people who shaped these dramatic events. Portraits of these men are highlighted by insights provided by those most intimately associated with them. This is an engrossing story of the vast panorama of war and the people caught up in the final convulsions of an epic struggle. A clean presentable copy.