Peter Caddick-Adams is a lecturer in military history and current defense issues at the UK Defence Academy. He is the author of Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell and Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives. He holds the rank of major in the British Territorial Army and has served with U.S. forces in Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
"Caddick-Adams knows more about the Bulge than any other historian
I have read... I admire his originality... Snow and Steel offers an
authoritative narrative of the drama." --Max Hastings, The Sunday
Times (UK)
"[Peter Caddick-Adams] has woven the threads together skillfully
and written a book which analysis and narrative combine to provide
a brilliant anatomy of a modern battle. Above all, and this is what
makes the book enjoyable for the general reader as well as the
military buff, Caddick-Adams explains the context of the battle and
examines the strengths or weaknesses of the antagonists, their
leaders, equipment, ideologies, economic resources, and
intelligence systems." --The Times (UK)"The Battle of the Bulge was
the last gasp of Hitler's armed forces before inevitable defeat and
one of the few pitched battles fought in the West. Caddick-Adams
has marshalled a wealth of fascinating detail to show that Hitler's
last gamble was a military fantasy while Eisenhower emerges from
this account as one of the great strategists of the war. This will
surely become the standard history of this climactic confrontation
in the West." --Richard Overy"Peter Caddick-Adams is fast emerging
as one of our most authoritative and exciting military
historians... Combining deft analysis with anecdote, he never loses
sight of the immense human drama, and his empathy for the many
combatants and civilians caught up in this brutal battle is
profoundly moving. This is a rich, thought-provoking and surely
definitive account of one of the most iconic battles of the Second
World War." --James Holland, author of The Battle of Britain and
Dam Busters"Peter Caddick-Adams's Snow and Steel offers readers, at
long last, the entirety of the German Ardennes offensive of 1944-5,
popularly known as the Battle of the Bulge. Until now the story of
the Bulge has been recounted unevenly, in bits and pieces and with
emphasis upon pockets of heroism and horror. This book's singular
achievement is to offer a balanced view of the strategy and tactics
of both sides. Writing with authority yet wearing his scholarship
lightly, Caddick-Adams offers an encyclopedic and immersive
narrative of the battle that was, in Churchill's words, 'an
ever-famous American victory.'" --Andrew Roberts, author of The
Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War, and Napoleon:
A Life"Snow and Steel tells the story of the Battle of the Bulge
from foxhole to the Fuhrer's Command Headquarters, leaving the
reader with a new appreciation for the largest battle America
fought in the Second World War. With a soldier's insight into the
flow and fog of battle, Snow and Steel demonstrates why Peter
Caddick-Adams rates highly among the new generation of battlefield
historians. A must-have and must-read for students of the European
War." --LTC (Ret) Roger Cirillo, Association of the US Army
Institute of Land Warfare"Caddick-Adams is probably the best
military historian of his generation, and Snow and Steel is the
definitive account of one of the key punctuation marks in history,
when the western Allies thwarted Germany's last attempt to turn the
tide of the Second World War." --Chris Bellamy, University of
Greenwich"Snow and Steel is a fresh re-telling of a widely known
story. Throughout the narrative Peter Caddick-Adams transitions
smoothly back and forth between the highest strategic and
operational echelons, down to the level of the frontline GI and
Landser. The result is a rich tapestry of the single largest battle
in American history." --Maj. Gen. David T. Zabecki, U.S. Army
(Ret'd)"Like its predecessor (Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell),
Snow and Steel brings a fresh and innovative approach to military
history-so long restricted to the dry study of generals and
operations. By exploring the cultures and motivations of the
participant armies, as well as by excavating veterans' accounts of
surviving the sharp end, Caddick-Adams suffuses life, spark, and
dynamism into his new narrative of the incredible story of the
Battle of the Bulge." --Alexander Rose, author of Washington's
Spies (now an AMC series)"A gripping account of one of the most
important campaigns of the last year of World War Two, Snow and
Steel deserves attention from anyone interested in the war."
--Jeremy Black, author of War and Technology
"Caddick-Adams is a master at integrating narrative and analysis,
and at balancing personal experiences with descriptions of
operations. Broadly conceived, comprehensively researched, clearly
written, Snow and Steel stands at the forefront among accounts of
the Battle of the Bulge." --Dennis Showalter, Colorado College"Snow
and Steel highlights very effectively a chapter in American
military history that has real resonance today. We all have
something to learn from reflecting on it." --General Sir Nick
Parker, former Commander, UK Land Forces"Caddick-Adams knows the
battlefield well and tells a gripping tale based on the first hand
experiences of those who fought across its snowy landscape,
pricking a few myths along the way and re-assessing the fighting
reputation of some of the commanders involved." --Tim Newark,
author of The Mafia at War"Most military historians write about
command and control, but very few have such powerful command and
control themselves to drive such a comprehensive and excellent
narrative. This is a complex tale, told in an utterly compelling
fashion." --Paul Moorcraft, Director of the Centre for Foreign
Policy Analysis, London"Packed with fascinating first hand
accounts, authoritative analysis and compelling personal vignettes,
Snow and Steel is hard to put down. Peter Caddick-Adams, a leading
Bulge scholar, has walked the battlefields of the Ardennes and
studied the campaign for decades. Only an author of his vast
experience could produce such a work of importance and excellence.
Even if you have read many books on the Bulge, you will learn more
from this one." --John C. McManus, author of Alamo in the Ardennes:
The Untold Story of the American Soldiers who Made the Defense of
Bastogne Possible"Superb: an impeccably researched, finely judged
reappraisal of a pivotal World War Two battle that still resonates
today." --Saul David, author of All the King's Men: The British
Soldier from the Restoration to Waterloo"Peter Caddick-Adam's depth
and level of analysis of Adolf Hitler's last great offensive, in a
desperate gamble to alter the course of World War II is impressive.
Packed with fascinating detail, Snow and Steel captures the
perspectives of both sides in the epic Battle of the Bulge in a
manner that hooks the reader into the unfolding drama. A riveting
account, his book spans the generalship of the opposing armies and
their grand sweeps of strategy down to the experiences of the
frontline soldier at the sharp end. The 1944 German Ardennes
offensive has been covered many times before, but this is a classic
and gripping examination that stands out." --Colonel Stuart
Tootal"Caddick-Adams casts a wide net, delving deep into the
background, conduct, consequences and even historiography of this
iconic battle, so even experienced military buffs will find plenty
to ponder." --Kirkus Reviews
"The World War II battle pantheon mostly reads like the index to an
atlas: Anzio, Iwo Jima, Stalingrad, Tobruk, etc. One exception in
the name game traces to a flinty European forest, which we speak of
today, thanks to an imaginative newshawk, by employing the subtitle
to Peter Caddick-Adams's masterful new book. In this tank-size
volume, the gifted Briton, a major in the British Territorial Army
who lectures at the U.K. Defence Academy and who most recently
wrote with �lan of another conflict (Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in
Hell), illuminates the Battle of the Bulge until he has run out of
facets. He layers context and connections with an inclusive style.
Both the reader who knows nothing or little of this battle and the
maven steeped in Bulgeiana will come away from Snow and Steel
educated and sated.... Snow and Steel is a treasure." --Michael
Dolan, Senior Editor, World War II Magazine
"Caddick-Adams leaves nothing out, and the details can be
overwhelming. But the book's comprehensiveness and rigor will make
it hard to supersede as the most authoritative history of the
battle." --Foreign Affairs
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