Eclipse [Paperback]

Alan Moorehead (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2003

Alan Moorehead was a newspaper correspondent in World War II, celebrated as a master of reportage. This is his narrative of the last years of the war, throughout which he was constantly at the heart of the conflict: from the Italian front, to exhorting D-Day troops with Montgomery, on the beach for De Gaulle's return to France, preceding the forces into Paris to find Hemingway and his militia having liberated the Ritz, to the surrender of German forces, country by country. Written in 1945, the book not only seeks to cut a crystal line of narrative through the huge mass of detail, but to capture with concision and acuity the states of mind of the occupied peoples as they were liberated. This edition of "Eclipse" is published with a new introduction by Phillip Knightley.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Soho Press (July 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569471649
• ISBN-13: 978-1569471647
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,550,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Immediate Impression, September 29, 1999

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A. Ross (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eclipse (Paperback)

One of WWII's leading correspondents here describes the Allied push onto mainland Europe and the subsequent drive for Berlin. The book is not a blow-by-blow account of the military maneuvers, but rather a series of anecdotal impressions of the soldiers, the people, and the ebb and flow of war covering Italy, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and finally Germany. Published in 1945, it's fairly interesting if only because Moorehead doesn't write from the armchair long after the fact. For anyone interested in the war, it's a worthwhile read, although it begs for more maps (which the new Soho edition may have).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Experience and judgements, July 2, 2000

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compassrose (Honolulu, Hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eclipse (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book immensely. Moorehead writes of his wartime experiences in a vivid and personal way. He has the ability to tell what is happening, his reaction to the events, and what he thinks the future holds. Fascinating reporting and reflectons. His prose flows and I was swept along by it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb description of what it was like, April 10, 2003

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Joel Jacobsen (New Mexico USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eclipse (Paperback)

Moorehead was first and foremost a supremely talented writer. This book is chiefly an account of his experiences following the Allied advance, as much memoir as reportage. The most vivid passages are set in Italy. No other book gives such an immediate feeling for the time and place.