St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) June 29, 2012 The St. Louis County Library
is pleased to present military historian and Missouri University
of Science and Technology professor John C. McManus for a
discussion and signing of his book “September Hope: The American
Side of a Bridge Too Far” on Tuesday July 31, at 7:00 p.m. at
St. Louis County Library Headquarters, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
The program is free and open to the public. Books will be
available for purchase at the event from Barnes & Noble. In
“September Hope,” acclaimed historian John C. McManus explores
World War II’s most ambitious invasion, an immense, daring
offensive to defeat Nazi Germany before the end of 1944.
Operation Market-Garden is one of the war’s most famous, but
least understood, battles, and McManus tells the story of the
American contribution to this crucial phase of the war in
Europe. August 1944 saw the Allies achieve more significant
victories than in any other month. Soviet armies annihilated
more than twenty German divisions and pushed th