The Second World War
by:
Antony Beevor (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780316023757 (0316023752)
ASIN: 316023752
Publish date: May 7th 2013
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Pages no: 880
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Cultural,
War,
Military,
Politics,
Russia,
World War II,
Military History,
World History,
Germany
my understanding is that it was Antony Beevor who set off the mini-Stalingrad phase a few years back--one that has generated more than a few good works including Beevor's editing of Soviet journalist Vasily Grossman's notes, as well as the claimed "Enemy at the Gates." in fact, I think the publishin...
Every major step of the war is covered in detail with its significance to the overall outcome of the war. The author speaks with historical authority and corrects many misconceptions that I had about the war. The book is choke full of facts but the most pleasant part is for every major battle the au...
This book is great, and it's about the most compact complete story of The Second World War there's going to be, I reckon.You get a really strong sense of how quickly it all happened, how panicky everyone was and how completely unprepared we must have felt, and how futile it was too. The narrative ju...