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Title: Simply the best now available
Review: This book justifies its imposing length both substantively and with great style. The author covers all aspects of this great and puzzling war -- military, political, and economic -- in a comprehensive and readable way. Avoiding an Anglocentric or even Eurocentric point of view, Mr. Strachan well supports his thesis that this war was a global war with global implications. Mr. Strachan demands attention from the reader, but well rewards that attention with a clear exposition that leaves one in awe not only of his scholarship, but his ability to synthesize so many sources. It is clearly worth the investment not only to purchase, but to read closely and enjoy greatly.
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