Decent Overview Of The War
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This book is suitable to readers who just want a broad panoramic look at the conflict rather than a comprehensive examination of all facets of the conflict. Those who are reasonably widely read on the subject will know most of what is covered here as it focuses on the big picture, but A.J.P. Taylor is such a good writer that the work is a pleasure to read in any case. It is the kind of chronological overview I would have liked to have read when I was young and just getting interested in military history.
World War 2 is the defining event of the modern era and as such has been subject to mountains of studies examining it either in whole or in part. There are areas that I would quibble with, he is perhaps a little too sympathetic to the behaviour of the Soviet Union for example, but these sort of complaints are inevitable and should certainly not put anyone off.
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