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Quality
Another good point is that this is really a high quality book
This is not meant to detract from the quality of the work
And japan get equal attention with the western front battles in europe
Price
It is disturbing at times to realize the price we paid in american lives
Packaging/appearance
This was obviously the pet project of someone at simon shuster because in packaging and presentation this book is a cut above ... Read More
Competitiveness
As a novice i could not identify errors in dates places
The narrtive he has writtensupplemented is interesting and notable for its inclusion of the black experiece in the war but it o... Read More
A fine volume and a welcome addition to anyones library be it a supplement to other history texts or not
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- This product had a total of 101 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 14 2021.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I agree that miller revised the original to make it more pc
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To this extent the inclusion of the africanamerican involvement in the war is somewhat forced on the reader and stands out as an attempt to be politically correct
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Refers to william manchester as an officer not correct
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One technical quibble the type size is small and thin so is difficult to read
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It truly is a story of wwii where the authors go through the chain of events interspersing soldier accounts of battlesconditionsmorale throughout the entire book
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One doesnt need to be obsessed with wwii or even extremely interested to get through this book as the accounts of people living through the hell make this more a human story than a recap of an event
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This book was endorsed by documentarian ken burns as his walk around daily source for his film on world war ii
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It is not hardcore academic history