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The Battle For History: Re-fighting World War II
by
John Keegan
With the same erudition, discernment, and crisp prose that made his A History of Warfare an international bestseller, Keegan surveys the literature of World War II, identifying the works he finds most important and illuminating while examining the sometimes savage controversies raised by two generations of the war's historians.
Paperback, 128 pages
Published
January 30th 1996
by Vintage
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If you have read alot of WW2 history or are wanting to know what is out there and worth reading this book can be a great reference point. Keegan as always has tons of great analysis of events included along the way and it makes for a quick read.
Unfortunately I had only read a few of the books that he discusses so I couldn't know whether I agreed with his reviews or not. I was taken back by his mostly negative view of Martin Gilbert's complete history of WW2 because overall I found i...more
Unfortunately I had only read a few of the books that he discusses so I couldn't know whether I agreed with his reviews or not. I was taken back by his mostly negative view of Martin Gilbert's complete history of WW2 because overall I found i...more
An interesting survey of a few controversial issues surrounding WWII scholarship, plus a list of recommendations for further reading. Keegan's insight is always invaluable, and that is why this book is far too short. I do wish that he had made it at least ten times longer anc covered many more topics and controversied with more extensive commentary. In other words, a quick read that I wish weren't so quick.
Misleading title. This book is a large, though useful looking, bibliography of WWII books.
A curious book about the history of books about WWII, not the war itself.
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Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan OBE is a British military historian, lecturer and journalist. He has published many works on the nature of combat between the 14th and 21st centuries concerning land, air, maritime and intelligence warfare as well as the psychology of battle.
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