This book is excellent on particular details of the war. The politics, especially French politics, are one area that he concentrates on. Beevor also seems especially interested in the war in North Africa and on the relationship between Stalin and Chiang Kai-Shek. He thinks that Montgomery is a plodder and Churchill a bit of a basket case adventurer (which seems right). The details of certain battles (Midway, e.g.) are skirted over, but others (e.g. El Alamain) are treated in fine detail. A very fun book overall, with a lot of insight and anecdotes.