The Second World War
Each theater of the war is analyzed in comprehensive manner with focus on the major battles. Crete, Midway, Falaise, Berlin, Okinawa are some of the major battles studied. Over 600 pages. And John Keegan ranks near the top of military history authors.
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The best one-volume treatment available, The Second World War by John Keegan is an outstanding synthesis of an enormous amount of material on "the largest single event in human history." The book proceeds chronologically through the war, but chapters appearing at appropriate moments focus on particular themes, such as war production, occupation, bombing, resistance, and espionage. Keegan's ability to translate the war's grand strategies is impressive, and the battle descriptions are superb. Generals obviously play a key role in this narrative, but ordinary soldiers also receive proper credit, as do the often-overlooked merchant marines whose heroic efforts to supply Great Britain made the Allied victory possible. Keegan, author of the landmark book The Face of Battle, is without doubt one of our greatest military historians, and here his analytical powers and skilled writing are on full display.
About the Author:
John Keegan is the Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph and Britain's foremost military historian. The Reith Lecturer in 1998, he is the author of many bestselling books including The Face of Battle, Six Armies in Normandy, Battle at Sea, The Second World War, A History of Warfare (awarded the Duff Cooper Prize), Warpaths, The Battle for History, The First World War, and most recently, Intelligence in War. For many years John Keegan was the Senior Lecturer in Military History at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and he has been a Fellow of Princeton University and Delmas Distinguished Professor of History at Vassar. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He received the OBE in the Gulf War honours list, and was knighted in the Millennium honours list in 1999. John Keegan died in August 2012.
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Book Description (Subject: World War II - General) Historian John Keegan divides his account into six main sections: The War in the West 1939-43; the War in the East 1941-43; The War in the Pacific 1941-43; The War in the West 1943-45; the War in the East 1943-45 and the war in the Pacific 1943 - 45. In addition he covers each section in four areas, Narrative, Strategic Analysis, Battle Piece and Theme of War. (Published: 1990) (Publisher: Arrow Books) (ISBN: 0099684101) (Pagination: 608pp illustrations, maps) (Condition: Large paperback, edges creased but good. ) UL-XXXXXX. Seller Inventory # 22981-02
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