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The Second World War
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.54
EAN: 9780143035732
ISBN: 0143035738
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 608
Publication Date: May 03, 2005
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Editorial Review:
Praised as “the best military historian of our generation” by Tom Clancy, John Keegan here reconsiders his masterful study of World War II, The Second World War, with a new foreword. Keegan examines each theater of the war, focusing on five crucial battles and offering new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfare. In eloquent, perceptive analyses 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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Rating: - An excellent one volume account
This is an excellent one volume telling of the Second World War, within its historical context, with a heavy emphasis on the strategic questions and decisions faced by the political and military high commands of the five major powers (Keegan doesn't consider Italy a major power). A long-time instructor at Sandhurst in Britain, Keegan brings to this work an ability to link the conflict within the historical flow of Europe and modern Asia, going as far back as time of Charlemagne, but especially emphasizing ... Read More
Rating: - An excellent analysis of the Second World War
In this excellent piece, author-historian John Keegan analyzes the Second World War from numerous perspectives. This work does a very good job reviewing the motivations and objectives of the Axis Powers in igniting the greatest conflagration in human history. Keegan examines the strategic problems that each of the major heads of state had to deal with, and why each made the decisions that he did. Even the reader who is pretty familiar with World War II will probably learn something, or at least receive ... Read More
Rating:  - J.Keegan : Second World War __ Very Good
Book was very good. If you like details, there are plenty of them. It was eye-opening to know how much equipment was used in WWII. It read very easy. I did a little skiming. Too much detail for me about the battles. Despite the length of the book, it kept me interested. I will probably read more of Keegan's books. I read this one because I just finished his book on WWI before I read this one.
Rating: - Attempts the Impossible ... nearly succeeds!
September 10, 2007
Ardsley, PA
Only after reading this excellent book can you really appreciate how difficult an undertaking a one volume history of WWII is. I can't imagine how anyone could do the job better than John Keegan.
The scope of this project is mind boggling. Battles were fought in Europe, Asia and Africa, across the whole of the Pacific and Atlantic. Fifty million people were killed and who knows how many were directly under arms.
The book begins ... Read More
Rating: - A masterpiece
John Keegan's history of World War II is most complete, extremely readable in spite of the complexity of the subject and eminently readable. The book is well organized and is a fascinating source of information for the readers who want to know all the facets of this terrible conflagration. Born in the thirties and raised in France during the war, I am a student of twentieth century history. I learned much about the little known battles of the Balkans, South East Europe and the Middle East as well as the ... Read More
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