Great Crusade: A New Complete History of the Second World War - Hardcover

Willmott, H. P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0029347157 ISBN 13: 9780029347157

Publisher: Free Pr, 1990

Synopsis

A comprehensive single-volume history of World War II in both European and Far Eastern theaters revises traditional views of the belligerents refuting in particular the idea of Japanese and German military superiority

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From Library Journal:

This work stands out from its counterparts because of the high quality of its operational analysis. Willmott, a lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sand hurst, accepts Allied material superiority as crucial to the war's outcome. He stresses Axis strategic errors, demonstrating in particular that the Wehrmacht was better at winning battles than waging war. But he recognizes that World War II was won and lost at its sharp end. Willmott's treatments of the Russo-German War, the Battle of the Atlantic, and the Allied bomber offensive stand out; they combine clear discussions of events with stimulating, controversial interpretive frameworks. U.S. readers will also welcome the balanced presentation of a Pacific theater that most British historians tend to dismiss as a sideshow. The Great Crusade compares favorably with John Keegan's The Second World War ( LJ 11/1/89), and deserves a place in both public and university libraries.
-Dennis E. Showalter, Colorado Coll., Colorado Springs
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Free Pr
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0029347157
• ISBN 13: 9780029347157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 500