Heavy on the numbers of troops, tanks, planes, tonnage of bombs, and casualties, unapologetic about the firebombing and atomic bombing of enemy cities, disproportionately focused on the European theater at the expense of the Pacific. But fascinating in its central thesis: that the Axis lost becau...
As relatively comprehensive as this book is, a single volume history of WWII is going to miss a LOT. Roberts is a British writer and he pretty much shortchanges much of the American involvement in the Pacific and boils it down to a handful of naval engagements. His depictions of the battles in ...