Title: Weak, pointless work
Product review: I found this book to be very much a dissapointment. Rather than being an insightful look at one of the key years in recent human history, this book seemed to be more interested in pushing an agenda that is itself unclear.The book is a rather stale rehash of a lot better works like Martin Gilbert's History of World War II. Gilbert has the same Anglo-centric viewpoint of WWII yet he tells the story better and doesn't ignore key actions to support his claims. Further, this book seems to be confused as to whether or not it is a social, economic or military history and actually spends very little time in 1945. A far superior work along these lines is the book 1759 which does everything this book fails to do. Tell the story of a single year, provide context and background and lead the reader to their own conclusion with out hectoring.
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