The battle for history : re-fighting World War II /
Keegan, John, 1934-
The battle for history : re-fighting World War II / John Keegan. - 1st Vintage Books ed. - New York : Vintage Books, 1996. - 128 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-128).
Although fifty years have passed since the end of World War II, there has as yet been no definitive history of that conflict. Existing histories have raised as many questions as they answer: Did President Roosevelt have foreknowledge of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? Might bombing the Auschwitz railroad have impeded the course of the Holocaust? Now one of our most esteemed military historians assesses the literature that has emerged from World War II, and the controversies that have arisen from that literature, in a book that combines stunning erudition with crisp prose and highly personal discernment. With the same erudition, discernment, and crisp prose that made his A History of Warfare an international bestseller, Keegan surveys the literature of World War II, identifying the works he finds most important and illuminating while examining the sometimes savage controversies raised by two generations of the war's historians.
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9780679767435
95024899
World War, 1939-1945--Historiography.
The battle for history : re-fighting World War II / John Keegan. - 1st Vintage Books ed. - New York : Vintage Books, 1996. - 128 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-128).
Although fifty years have passed since the end of World War II, there has as yet been no definitive history of that conflict. Existing histories have raised as many questions as they answer: Did President Roosevelt have foreknowledge of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? Might bombing the Auschwitz railroad have impeded the course of the Holocaust? Now one of our most esteemed military historians assesses the literature that has emerged from World War II, and the controversies that have arisen from that literature, in a book that combines stunning erudition with crisp prose and highly personal discernment. With the same erudition, discernment, and crisp prose that made his A History of Warfare an international bestseller, Keegan surveys the literature of World War II, identifying the works he finds most important and illuminating while examining the sometimes savage controversies raised by two generations of the war's historians.
0679767436 9780679767435
9780679767435
95024899
World War, 1939-1945--Historiography.