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US Edition (Hardback)
This is the American edition of Together We Stand, and as with the US version of Fortress Malta, it’s subtly different in a few areas, most of which were then adopted for the UK paperback. Between handing in the manuscript and publication was more than a year, whereas the UK hardback was published after a little more than five months. Sometimes, it’s useful to have a bit more time for the production of a book, not least because it gives me the chance to let the dust settle from the writing process, and to sit back and look at the whole thing a little more objectively.
Praise for Together We Stand:
‘Anyone who wants to know about how it felt to fight in the desert war should read Holland’s book. It represents a remarkable collation of personal experience and sensible historical judgements. The author will surely have a lot more to write about the Second World War. We can be confident it will be worth reading.’ - Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph
‘Holland tells the story brilliantly. He has delved in archives for letters and diaries and diligently tracked down survivors…Holland is also excellent on high strategy and the strengths and weaknesses of commanders…Vivid, intelligently, movingly, Holland’s monumental chronicle tells it like it was.’ - Patrick Bishop, Mail on Sunday
‘His first book of military history, Fortress Malta, proclaimed the arrival of a promising talent. This one confirms it. With the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the war in Europe upon us, the bookshops are currently awash with Second World War titles. This one stands out from the crowd.’ - Literary Review
‘Holland has produced a wonderful book whose pace, even over 800 pages, never seems to flag. This is partly because he is a master at evoking time and place, with haunting descriptions of the desert landscape, and partly because he leavens his first-hand accounts of the fighting with careful analysis and illuminating discussions of weapons and tactics. If there is a better book on the North African campaign, I haven’t read it.’ - Saul David, Daily Telegraph
‘Using personal testimony and private memoirs as effectively as official archives, he recreates the hardships and challenges faced by ordinary soldiers and recreates the hardships and challenges faced by ordinary soldiers and reassesses the tactical and strategic innovations that finally gave the allies the upper hand.’ - Sunday Times
‘An exciting and memorable account…a beautifully produced book which shows that well-researched, academic history can also provide a really thrilling narrative.’ - Everyone’s War