{"product_id":"9781555847807","title":"A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of \u003ci\u003eForrest Gump\u003c\/i\u003e: “A fascinating, evenhanded, page-turning account” of Ypres’s pivotal WWI battles (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The Ypres Salient in Belgian Flanders was the most notorious and dreaded territory in all of World War I—possibly of any war in history. After Germany’s failed attempt to capture Britain’s critical ports along the English Channel, a bloody stalemate ensued in this pastoral area no larger than the island of Manhattan. Ypres became a place of horror, heroism, and terrifying new tactics and technologies: poison gas, tanks, mines, air strikes, and the unspeakable misery of trench warfare.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Drawing on the journals of the men and women who were there, Winston Groom has penned a drama of politics, strategy, the human heart, and the struggle for victory against all odds.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis ebook features 16 pages of black-and-white historical photographs.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Everything nonfiction should be.” —\u003ci\u003eFort Worth Star-Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Groom reconstructs a forgotten military passage that serves as a cautionary tale about war’s consequences.” —\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Tribune-Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Groom’s account, full of detail and the smell of gunsmoke, is expertly paced and free of dull stretches.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Moving . . . Inspiring . . . An important and brilliantly written book.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133510926576,"sku":"9781555847807","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555847807_p0.jpg?v=1769899068","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555847807","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}