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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.
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Pimlico edition of Keegan's outstanding history, first published in 1989. "In this magnificently illustrated volume, our most gifted military historian gives the whys and wherefores of war as well as the blood and guts" }Mail On Sunday{. "Lucid, informed, authoritative" }Sunday Times{.
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"'The First [World] War explains the second and, in fact, caused it, in so far as one event causes another,' wrote A.J.P. Taylor in his Origins of the Second World War." Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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"'The First [World] War explains the second and, in fact, caused it, in so far as one event causes another,' wrote A.J.P. Taylor in his Origins of the Second World War." Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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John Keegan's book on WW2 would be more honestly titled The Official Western Allies View of WW2. Like many famous historians today he suffers from a Cold War hangover which seeks to give more credit to the Western Allies ground war than the actual facts warrant and thus minimize the enormous contribution of the Soviet Union. There are 114 pages about the Eastern Front and 163 about the ground war in the West, never mind that until 1944 the war in the West was a sideshow and that 9 million of the 11 milion German casualties in WW2 occured in the East. Keegan also is confused about Stalin and Hitler- he claims that Stalin totally micro-managed the Soviet effort (the opposite was true: after the winter of 1941-2 he left the war to his great generals) and he claims that Hitler left the war to his generals when, again, the opposite was true. Just as S. Ambrose is a propagandist for a 1950s American point of view Keegan is a propagandist for the British professional officer's point of view. The skirmishes in North Africa are given the same weight as the enormous struggle in Russia. He sneers at the resistance movements of various countries as if their lack of complete success made resistance a waste of time. There is a paragraph on page 508 where the hideous intervention on the part of the British to help pro-Nazi Greek paramilitaries leads to "a tragic cost in British lives" , justifying the pathetic Churchillian grasp for Empire even at that late date. And finally, the absurd description of the fiasco at the Falaise Gap as possibly the biggest tank battle of WW2 I read with wonder, in disbelief. Be wary of this book if you want an accurate idea of what happened in WW2, better books have been written on why the Allies won; you'll get only the Sandhurst version here.
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While I do not agree that this is the single best one-volume treatment of World War Two available, I do agree it is a wonderful, eminently readable, and fascinating thematic approach that helps the reader look at the basic overarching themes to found in WWII. The introduction explaining how and why world wars became possible and attractive is worth the price of the book alone. Only Keegan could bring so much style, verve, and new perspective to such a widely covered subject as the Second World War. Therefore, understanding that the book is not an exhaustive and comprehensive history of the war on a battle by battle, theater by theater approach as one can find in other excellent one volume books such as Gerhard Weinberg's "A World At Arm" or Williamson Murray and Allan R. Millett's "A War To Be Won", it is still a singular tome with a unique and valuable perspective on the war that any self-respecting student of the war will not want to miss.
Also, given Mr. Keegan's mastery of the written word and his way with a phrase, this is a book one lets drag on as you read it slowly, stopping to think about what he has just written in a particular paragraph and what it means. This is indeed great stuff! The book is organized chronologically but devotes specific chapters in the general narrative to particular important factors influencing the progress and direction of the war effort, such as the nazi bombing campaigns, the Allied war air over Germany, war production, organized resistance in occupied countries, and the various types and relative successes associated with espionage.
Keegan's ability to marshal a stirring and articulate argument is unparalleled, and he relates the opposing forces' war strategies with an authority no one else can match. He also appreciates the many different levels of contribution to the overall war efforts ranging from unique leadership characteristics of specific individuals such as Montgomery, Patton, Eisenhower, and Marshall, but also pays attention to the massive contributions of ordinary soldiers, sailors, and war production civilians who made important efforts aiding ultimate victory. This is a very well-written and meticulously researched and documented book, and one I am glad to have on my World War Two bookshelf!
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Great one volume history of the greatest catastrophe to befall millions of ordinary people in this or any other century. He has read everything there is to read about the war. There is an urgency in the unfolding of the events in the sombre and eloquent prose.One can argue about the chronological treatment(the theatres are divided into west, east and pacific) or about weight given to any particular event (holocaust,for example) but the difficulties faced by the author are readily apparent when you read the detail in such concentration page after page. The analysis of personalities sprinkled throughout the book is brilliant (FDR,for instance). The stage set for every signifacant event of this war is writen with concision. You will probably read many books on this war but none is likely to be this well researched and assembled for the general reader. I was distracted by the pictures and maps (too much detail in black and white).I also found the typeset and layout less than satisfactory.
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second only to Churchill
The Second World War was the greatest single event in human history. It contained more drama and urgency, and altered the reality of the world more than any war before or since. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 6. Juni 2000 von Mark Goode
A Definitive Overview
After reading several reviews of the book, I felt compelled to add my thoughts. I agree with several reviewers who were dissapointed with the maps. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. März 2000 von Neil Trembley
Great!
This book is an excellent, well-written and thoughtful overview of World War II. Keegan makes interesting judgements about key decisions and events, such as the Atlantic War and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. Februar 2000 von Bill Markley
Reads like a text book
This book was one of the most descriptive books about WWII, that I have ever read. It had a lot of deatail, and it was hard to take all of it in. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. Februar 2000 von S. Fujimura
Informed, balanced, riveting, brilliant.
A couple of points. Whatever the imbalance in number of pages between the war in the east and that in the west (which started two years earlier, of course), Mr Keegan leaves the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. Februar 2000 von Richard Tarling
Excellent one-volume history
John Keegan is an authority when it comes to military history. Well-known for THE FACE OF BATTLE.
Veröffentlicht am 3. Januar 2000 von pandn@aol.com
Fantastic Narrative
Keegan provides an excellent narrative of a topic that is almost too big to include in one volume. He organizes the book into six parts, each covering a specific time frame and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 29. Dezember 1999 von Matthew Martens
Maps, Dictionary, and Aspirin
I applaud Keegan for his knowledge of this war and also his style of writing that makes one want to keep reading and turning the pages. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. November 1999 veröffentlicht
Classic Keegan
Read this wonderful history of WWII, then read Stephen Ambrose's, THE VICTORS, then read the new WWII novel, THE TRIUMPH AND THE GLORY. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
Great one volume summary of WWII
I must have read and reread my copy 50 times now. It makes it possible to begin to grasp the wars in Europe and in the Pacific, and where the individual battles and campaigns that... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
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