| cbaxter | 01 Oct 2012 11:01 a.m. PST |
I just finished a review of this book and strongly recommend reading it. link |
| BW1944 | 01 Oct 2012 11:49 a.m. PST |
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| Jeff Ewing | 01 Oct 2012 12:09 p.m. PST |
See also _The Gods Were Neutral_, his account of the Greek campaign. Crisp is an extraordinary stylist. |
| MahanMan | 01 Oct 2012 12:12 p.m. PST |
Read it earlier this year for our local MilHist Book Club; everyone really enjoyed it (and we re-enacted the N. African campaign on the floor using books and a 2-lb. bag of gummi worms). |
Shagnasty  | 01 Oct 2012 12:31 p.m. PST |
Agree that it was a great book about desert warfare in WW II. |
| Tom Reed | 01 Oct 2012 12:55 p.m. PST |
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| wrgmr1 | 01 Oct 2012 1:06 p.m. PST |
Read it years ago, lent out my copy, never got it back. Bought another copy a couple of years ago and read it again early this year, a great read!! |
John Leahy  | 01 Oct 2012 1:11 p.m. PST |
Yeah, read it many years ago and enjoyed it. Thanks, John |
| troopwo | 01 Oct 2012 1:40 p.m. PST |
As Jeff said, try to hunt down, "The Gods were neutral", about the greek campaign/tragedy. If you like the sand in your shorts, there is also another good book called,"From Alamein to Zamzam" by Douglas(?). |
| Sundance | 01 Oct 2012 4:15 p.m. PST |
I've read it a few times – enjoy it very much each time. |
 Legion 4 | 01 Oct 2012 5:56 p.m. PST |
Read it years ago as well … great book ! |
| Brian Bronson | 01 Oct 2012 7:35 p.m. PST |
Read it a loooonnng time ago and enjoyed every page. |
| Some Chicken | 02 Oct 2012 1:49 a.m. PST |
If you like the sand in your shorts, there is also another good book called,"From Alamein to Zamzam" by Douglas(?). "Alamein to Zem Zem" by Keith Douglas. A different style to Crisp but an excellent read in its own right. Sadly Douglas was killed in Normandy, which makes reading it a poignant experience. |
| cbaxter | 02 Oct 2012 8:38 a.m. PST |
i just picked up his other book |
| Swab Jockey | 02 Oct 2012 2:07 p.m. PST |
Hi: Have read it several times. The one thing that stand out to me his how he marvels that the tracks did not break in his torturous turn and anti-turn maneuvers. What a great read! |
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