The Second World War
by John Keegan
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in World War 2, Most Recommended Books, and History.
Praised as ?the best military historian of our generation? by Tom Clancy, John Keegan here reconsiders his masterful study of World War II, The Second World War, with a new foreword. Keegan examines each theater of the war, focusing on five crucial battles and offering new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfare. In ...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in World War 2, Most Recommended Books, and History.
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Casey Neistat
“Probably my favorite, or at least my secondfavorite book in the world: it’s a textbook, and it’s called The Second World War, by John Keegan. And it’s literally just 1200 pages at size 6 font about the Second World War. And I remember getting in trouble showing up to work tired because I would be up all night long reading this textbook about World War II; it was so riveting to me. I read it cover to cover probably three times.”
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