The Last Battle (Record no. 11891)
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| fixed length control field | 01662nam a22001457a 4500 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 940.54213155 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Ryan, Cornelius |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Last Battle |
| Statement of responsibility | Cornelius Ryan |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York |
| Name of publisher | Simon and Schuster |
| Year of publication | 1967 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | ix,561 Pages |
| Other physical details | 18x12 cm |
| -- | HB |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Includes Illustrations, Maps, Index, Notes and Bibliography |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The Battle for Berlin was the culminating struggle of World War II in the European theater, the last offensive against Hitler's Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe's historic capitals and marked the final defeat of Nazi Germany. It was also one of the war's bloodiest and most pivotal battles, whose outcome would shape international politics for decades to come. The Last Battle is Cornelius Ryan's compelling account of this final battle, a story of brutal extremes, of stunning military triumph alongside the stark conditions that the civilians of Berlin experienced in the face of the Allied assault. As always, Ryan delves beneath the military and political forces that were dictating events to explore the more immediate imperatives of survival, where, as the author describes it, “to eat had become more important than to love, to burrow more dignified than to fight, to exist more militarily correct than to win.” The Last Battle is the story of ordinary people, both soldiers and civilians, caught up in the despair, frustration, and terror of defeat. It is history at its best, a masterful illumination of the effects of war on the lives of individuals, and one of the enduring works on World War II. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Germany--Berlin |
| -- | Berlin, Battle of (Germany : 1945) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2017-01-18 | MSL | 940.54213155 R988L 1967 | 2000 | Books |