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Reviews for the World at War
"The World At War was one of the greatest television series of all time. It demonstrated the potential power of history on television and inspired a generation - it certainly inspired me to make series like Nazis and Auschwitz. It is tremendously exciting that the complete interviews with the participants from The World at War are now published here for the first time. Most of the people who were interviewed for the series are now dead, but their vital history - thanks to this book - still lives" - Laurence Rees, author of Auschwitz
"Holmes has a sharp, knowing eye for anecdote and detail" - Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
"What sets Richard Holmes apart is the sheer quality of his writing and his empathy with his subjects" - Independent
THE WORLD AT WAR BOOK
Previously unpublished interviews pulled together by historian Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes is one of Britain’s most distinguished historians and television presenters. He is the author of a number of bestselling books, which include In the Footsteps of Churchill, Redcoat and Tommy, and has written and presented a number of popular series for the BBC, such as Battlefields, War Walks and The Western Front. He was appointed Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield University in 1995 and lives in Hampshire with his wife and two daughters.
The World at War was first broadcast 31 by Thames Television on October 1973, when memories of the Second World War were still clear in people’s mind and the war’s veterans were numerous. The unique television series assembled these recollections over 26 one-hour programmes. Produced by Sir Jeremy Isaacs, narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier and unforgettably scored by Carl Davis, it was a seminal moment in the history of television documentaries, setting the standard by which all factual programming was thereafter judged.
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