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Title: A monumental achievement!
Review: Make no mistake, this is a massive book (I have the paperback edition), but it's worth every page. The author undertakes a one-volume history of WWII that's as gripping as any novel. On that score, suffice to say it is very well written, and revealed aspects of the war, its details, and personal histories (from various sides) that were fascinating throughout, and often proved completely eye-opening to me. The chapters on the Battle of Guadalcanal, for instance, are standouts. Leckie's other books are excellent, too (particularly his tome on the American Revolution), but this one is my favorite. It's exhaustively researched, and the bios of the war's leading figures are reason enough to buy the book. All in all an excellent and ambitious undertaking.
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