{"product_id":"the-rommel-papers-9780306801570","title":"The Rommel Papers","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn essential collection of the wartime writings and diary of World War II German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, edited with commentary by one of the great military theorists of our time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Erwin Rommel died-by forced  suicide at Hitler's command-he left behind in various ingenious hiding  places the papers that recorded the story of his dramatic career and the  exact details of his masterly campaigns. It was his custom to dictate  each evening a running narrative of the day's events and, after each  battle, to summarize its course and the lessons to be learned from it.  He wrote, almost daily, intimate and outspoken letters to his wife in  which his private feelings and-after the tide had turned-forebodings  found expression. To this is added by Rommel's son Manfred the story of  the field marshall's last weeks and the final day when he was given the  choice of an honorable suicide or an ignominious trial for treason. An  engrossing human document and a rare look at the mind of the \"Desert  Fox,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Rommel Papers\u003c\/i\u003e throws an interesting light on the Axis alliance and on the inner workings of Hitler's high command.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51104050872625,"sku":"9780306801570","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/2420\/2801\/files\/O_9a967795-429c-4c7d-b984-8a0a6926cd07.jpg?v=1772211763","url":"https:\/\/pageaday.com\/products\/the-rommel-papers-9780306801570","provider":"Page-A-Day","version":"1.0","type":"link"}