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Title: Superficial, disjointed & mildly racist
Review: This book is less a work of serious military history than it is a written version of a series of Movietone news reels of the US 7th Army's campaigns in the Mediterranean and Europe in World War 2, right down to the racial overtones typical of the period.It jumps around in time and place, from one action item to the next, rarely fully developing anything. It leaves the reader with the distinct impression that the only troops of any value are white American boys, blacks (the author's term, not mine) are only good for driving trucks in the rear areas, and that whilst using napalm in the Pacific on asians was OK, using it in Europe on white folks wasn't.If you want to read a thorough, yet accessible history of the US Army's campaign in W.Europe in WW2 I recommend "Eisenhower's Lieutenants" by Russell F.Weigley. Leave Mr.Whiting's piece of pulp history on the shelf
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