A Bridge Too Far (1974) by Cornelius Ryan gives an account of Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied attempt to break through German lines at Arnhem by taking a series of bridges in the occupied Netherlands during World War II.

Ryan named his book after a comment attributed to Lieutenant General Frederick Browning before the operation, who reportedly said to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, "I think we may be going a bridge too far.

"[1] But Antony Beevor disputes this, saying that Browning had supported the operation, especially in view of receiving more resources.

[2] Drawing on a wide variety of sources, Ryan documented his account of the 1944 battle with pictures and maps.

Popular accounts of World War II tended to overlook the battle or to accept Field Marshal Montgomery's spin on it as being a "partial success".