History / Non-fiction
Len Deighton's non-fiction (other than cookbooks) is mostly
military-related. Early work includes the following articles:
- Ironmongery of the Desert [in The Sunday Times Magazine,
24 Sept. 1967]. Also in El Alemein and the Desert War, Derek
Jewell (ed.) [Sphere Books, Ltd., London, 1967].
- The Private Armies [in The Sunday Times Magazine,
17 Sept. 1967]. Also in El Alemein and the Desert War, Derek
Jewell (ed.) [Sphere Books, Ltd., London, 1967].
Some years later LD wrote (again drawing on his knowledge of the RAF)
the highly-regarded (see review):
- Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain
[Jonathan Cape, London, September 1977 /
Alfred A. Knofp, New York, May, 1978].
Subsequent historical works include:
- Airshipwreck
[Jonathan Cape, London, October 1978 / Holt Rinehart Winston
New York, March 1979]. Co-authored with Arnold Schwartzman.
- Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk
[Jonathan Cape, London, September 1979 / Alfred A. Knopf,
New York, May 1980].
- Battle of Britain
[Jonathan Cape, London, September 1980 / Coward McCann &
Geoghegan, New York, September 1980].
LD's most recent history book is his biggest and most ambitious:
- Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II
[Jonathan Cape, London, 1993 / Harper Collins , New York, 1993].
(With maps and drawings by Denis Bishop).
The paperback version (published by Harper Perennial, New York, 1994)
is in two volumes.
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