Franklin Watts, 1984, $?, ISBN: ?, 276 pages, hard cover

Found in the discount bin for the princely sum of $1, this book about Operation Market-Garden keeps your interest throughout. It’s well written, has extensive maps, and offers a good selection of photos to step you through the operation.

Written by a British Company commander who fought at Arnhem, it provides a predominantly British view of the battle. While none of the information within will prove new nowadays, it is well researched and well presented. It highlights the ambitious nature of the plan, the lack of swift execution, flaws in the parachute drops, swift German counterattacks, and eventual failure.

This is a good book for an overview of the operation, and well worth the purchase in a used book pile or discount bin.