Rommel Reconsidered

Celebrated as a brilliant and chivalrous commander during World War II - hero at home, feared but respected enemy abroad - Erwin Rommel remains legendary decades after his death. But does he deserve the accolades? Has the legend obscured reality? These essays dig deeper to reveal the soldier behind the myth. Thought-provoking reassessment of the most famous German general of the war Fresh insights into Rommel's performance in France in 1940, Africa in 1941-42, and Normandy in 1944 as well as his relationship with Hitler and the Nazis