Delivered from Evil
Author | Robert Leckie |
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Subject | World War II |
Genre | history |
Publisher | Harper & Row |
Publication date | 1987 |
Pages | xv, 998 pages |
ISBN | 0060158123 |
OCLC | 15365134 |
LC Class | D743.L43 1987 |
Delivered From Evil (ISBN 0060158123) is a non-fiction book about World War II which was written by Robert Leckie, an American author of popular books about the military history of the United States. Each chapter of this book is a biography, and a narrative also runs through the book. The narrative of the book is the history of World War II. The characters appear in the book as they rise to importance in the narrative.
Robert Hugh Leckie (December 18, 1920 – December 24, 2001) was a United States Marine and an author of books about the military history of the United States, Catholic history and culture, sports books, fiction books, autobiographies, and children's books. As a young man, he served with the 1st Marine Division during World War II; his service as a machine gunner and a scout during the war greatly influenced his work.