{"product_id":"the-second-world-war-paperback","title":"The Second World War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Keegan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraised as \"the best military historian of our generation\" by Tom Clancy, John Keegan reconsiders his masterful study of World War II, \u003ci\u003eThe Second World War\u003c\/i\u003e, with a new foreword\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 eloquent, perceptive analyses of the airborne battle of Crete, the carrier battle of Midway, the tank battle of Falaise, the city battle of Berlin, and the amphibious battle of Okinawa, Keegan illuminates the strategic dilemmas faced by the leaders and the consequences of their decisions on the fighting men and the course of the war as a whole. An extraordinary, definitive history, \u003ci\u003eThe Second World War \u003c\/i\u003ewill be required reading for generations to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Second World War\u003c\/i\u003e merits the acceptance as the standard work that it will surely recieve.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you want to know how it happened, read Keegan's thoughtful and elegant prose.\" -\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Keegan, one of the most distinguished contemporary military historians, was for many years Senior Lecturer at Sandhurst, the British Royal Military Academy, and Defense Editor of the London Daily Telegraph. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Keegan is the author of numerous books including The Face of Battle, The Mask of Command, The Price of Admiralty, Six Armies in Normandy, and The Second World War (all available from Penguin). if (SYM == BIO) { document.writeln(\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e); } else { document.writeln(); } \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.57 x 9.24 x 7.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684601106495,"sku":"9780143035732","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/438c234a3293eb17e5a1dba8e1c34c2a.webp?v=1764968030","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-second-world-war-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}