Unconditional Surrender

The final novel of the renowned author's WWII trilogy, following Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen.

"The finest work of fiction in English to emerge from World War II." —Atlantic Monthly

Unconditional Surrender is the third novel in Waugh's brilliant Sword of Honor trilogy recording the tumultuous wartime adventures of Guy Crouchback. By 1941, after serving in North Africa and Crete, Guy Crouchback has lost his Halberdier idealism. A desk job in London gives him the chance of reconciliation with his former wife. Then, in Yugoslavia, as a liaison officer with the partisans, Crouch becomes finally and fully aware of the futility of a war he once saw in terms of honor.