Knight's Cross: A Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

 

Knight's Cross: A Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel by David Fraser. Published by Harper Collins, dated 1994. Contains several black & white photographs and maps. ISBN 0-06-01822-9, LOC 93-43832

David Fraser's book brings to Rommel's career not only the perceptions of an acclaimed biography, but those of a distinguished soldier too: his insights into Rommel's mind and methods carry the authority of experience. He shows how inspiringly spontaneous and superficially haphazard Rommel's style of leadership could be.

Publisher's Note

An in-depth biography of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel written with the cooperation of Rommel's son, by a renowned military analyst and historian who is himself a general.

Contents

• List of Illustrations
• List of Maps
• Acknowlegements

Part 1: 1891-1918

• 'Keep the Right Wing Strong'
• The Swoop of the Falcon
• Gebirgsbataillon
• Pour le Mérite

Part 2: 1919-1939

• Soldier Without Politics
• Darkness and Dawn
• A Personal Assignment

Part 3: 1939-1940

• Command from the Front
• 'To the Last Breath of Man and Beast'
• The Ghost Division

Part 4: 1941-1943

• Sunflowers in Africa
• 'The Seydlitz of the Panzer Corps'
• Panzer Grouppe Afrika
• 'Rommel an der Spitze!'
• 'Heia Safari!'
• The End of the Line
• Watershed
• Curtainfall

Part 5: 1943-1944

• The Sunray Lamp
• Invasion
• The Last Battle
• 'For the Honour of Germany'
• 'What did Rommel Know?'
• A Necessary End

 

• Appendix: Chronology
• Bibliography
• Notes
• Index

Library of Congress Catalog Listing

• LC Control No.: 93043832
• Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
• Personal Name: Fraser, David, 1920-
• Main Title: Knight’s cross : a life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / David Fraser.
• Edition Information: 1st U.S. ed.
• Published/Created: New York, NY : HarperCollins, c1993.
• Description: xv, 601 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
• ISBN: 0060182229 (cloth) : $30.00
• Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [568]-571) and index.
• Subjects:
  • Rommel, Erwin, 1891-1944.
  • Marshals --Germany --Biography.
  • World War, 1939-1945 --Campaigns --Africa, North.
  • World War, 1939-1945 --Germany.
  • Africa, North --History, Military.
• LC Classification: DD247.R57 F73 1993
• Dewey Class No.: 940.54/23/092 B 20
• Geographic Area Code: e-gx--- fn-----