AnessentialcollectionofthewartimewritingsanddiaryofWorldWarIIGermanFieldMarshalErwinRommel,editedwithcommentarybyoneofthegreatmilitarytheoristsofourtimeWhenErwinRommeldied-byforcedsuicideatHitler’scommand-heleftbehindinvariousingenioushidingplacesthepapersthatrecordedthestoryofhisdramaticcareerandtheexactdetailsofhismasterlycampaigns.Itwashiscustomtodictateeacheveningarunningnarrativeoftheday’seventsand,aftereachbattle,tosummarizeitscourseandthelessonstobelearnedfromit.Hewrote,almostdaily,intimateandoutspokenletterstohiswifeinwhichhisprivatefeelingsand-afterthetidehadturned-forebodingsfoundexpression.TothisisaddedbyRommel’ssonManfredthestoryofthefieldmarshall’slastweeksandthefinaldaywhenhewasgiventhechoiceofanhonorablesuicideoranignominioustrialfortreason.Anengrossinghumandocumentandararelookatthemindofthe“DesertFox,“TheRommelPapersthrowsaninterestinglightontheAxisallianceandontheinnerworkingsofHitler’shighcommand.
