The Second World Wars
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3.5 • 10 Ratings
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- $22.99
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- $22.99
Publisher Description
A definitive account of World War II by America's preeminent military historian.
World War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a war been fought on so many diverse landscapes and in so many different ways, from rocket attacks in London to jungle fighting in Burma to armor strikes in Libya.
The Second World Wars examines how combat unfolded in the air, at sea, and on land to show how distinct conflicts among disparate combatants coalesced into one interconnected global war. Drawing on 3,000 years of military history, Victor Davis Hanson argues that despite its novel industrial barbarity, neither the war's origins nor its geography were unusual. Nor was its ultimate outcome surprising. The Axis powers were well prepared to win limited border conflicts, but once they blundered into global war, they had no hope of victory.
An authoritative new history of astonishing breadth, The Second World Wars, offers a stunning reinterpretation of history's deadliest conflict.
Customer Reviews
Good book, poor narration
If you are looking for a chronological history or the Second World War this is not for you. The author deals with ideas and comparisons that are quite interesting. I have enjoyed listening to his takes on why things went the way they did and some of the ironies of the war.
The narration is annoying because the reader regularly takes deep breaths at the end of sentences.