William Craig (author)

William Craig (author)

William Craig (1929 - 1997) was an American author and historian.

Born in Concord, Massachusetts, USA, he was educated at Columbia University. His first book, The Fall of Japan, was a documentary account of the last weeks of the Second World War in the Pacific. His first novel, The Tashkent Crisis, a thriller about espionage and international politics, was published in 1971. Enemy at the Gates is the culmination of five years of research, during which he traveled extensively on three continents, studying documents and interviewing hundreds of survivors of Stalingrad.

Bibliography

* "The Fall of Japan"
* "The Tashkent Crisis" (1971)
* "Enemy at the Gates - the battle for Stalingrad", 1973, Penguin Books, ISBN 0-141-39017-4

ources

* [http://www.penguin.ca/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000007980,00.html Penguin Books Authors]


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