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The Pocket History Of The Second World War
The Pocket History Of The Second World War Author:Henry Steele Commager A New Kind Of History - Never before in the history of mankind has the scope of a war been so immense and pervasive. The Second World War was a world war indeed, with battlefields in the streets of once humdrum towns and in the homes of ordinary people. Even those who mercifully escaped war's destruction felt its impact at every moment, with t... more »he immediate news coming to them through radio and newspapers, and further illuminating detail through magazines and books. This was a people's war, brought to them by people themselves who were on the spot to observe the true face of war, and it is in their words that the real history has been written. In this book, Henry Steele Commager, noted historian and co-author of "The Pocket History of The United States", brings you the story of the war in the words of these first-hand observers, woven together by his own interpretations and analysis into a new and vital kind of history.« less