Horrific Invasions (World War II)

Marshall Cavendish Corporation

ISBN 10: 0761449477 ISBN 13: 9780761449478

Publisher: Cavendish Square, 2010

Synopsis

Covers the events of World War II from 1942 to 1943 including the Bataan "Death March," U.S. victory at Midway, the invasion of Burma, Stalingrad Airlift, and Operation Torch.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Gr 6-9-These six volumes, each of which could stand alone, make a cohesive set when read together. The information is accurate and the volumes are liberally illustrated with many rarely seen black-and-white photos. Some color images enhance the texts. Much of the content will likely require some prior knowledge for complete understanding. Sidebars give additional political, biographical, and historical information. The format is attractive with one-quarter to full-page photos, but the captions are mostly redundant. Almost every page needlessly pulls one sentence out of the text and repeats it on the same page in a blue stylized font. Unfortunately, the entire set is plagued with typographical errors, incomplete sentences, and repeated textual phrases. Each volume contains several color maps, but they seem to be too few or misplaced, and are too cluttered, making it difficult at times to find the places mentioned in the texts. Each title concludes with a self-contained time line. The material as presented is acceptable, but the mechanical glitches make these books additional, rather than first, purchases.-Eldon Younce, Anthony Public Library, KS (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cavendish Square
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0761449477
• ISBN 13: 9780761449478
• Binding: Library Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128