The Second World War
A War, World War II, Reference book. Oh, man. OH MAN. After reading Keegan's excellent First World War book...
In this comprehensive history, John Keegan explores both the technical and the human impact of the greatest war of all time. He focuses on five crucial battles and offers new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfare. In knowledgable, perceptive analysis of the airborne battle of Crete, the carrier battle of Midway, the tank battle of Falaise, the city battle of Berlin, and the amphibious battle of Okinawa, Keegan illuminates the strategic dilemmas faced by the leaders and the consequences of their decisions on the fighting men and the course of the war as a whole.
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- Pages: 514 pages
- ISBN: 9780712673488 / 712673482
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This book has sometimes been viewed as the best one volume history of World War II.Well, I wouldn't argue with that, at least regarding readability. There is no doubt that Keegan is one of the best military historians of the second half of the last century, particularly in the area of accessible books. He avoids writing thousand-page... Usual Keegan, which is not a bad thing, but this seemed a weaker (or perhaps just more hurried?) effort than his other books. The first couple of chapters are amazing in setting a broad scope for exactly how a terrible event such as the second World War can come about in civilization. The rest was a good overview of the conflict in... Oh, man. OH MAN. After reading Keegan's excellent First World War book last fall, I wanted to complete the narrative by reading this Second World War volume also. I had thought that since I knew more about WWII than WWI, this book would be easier to read but I was wrong - it was much much more challenging. There were a lot of 'dots'...
