Masters and Commanders: How Roosevelt, Churchill, Marshall and Alanbrooke Won the War in the West |
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 | This fascinating book, thick with historical data and insights, makes a riveting read. Whilst having no wish to quarrel with previous reviewers, for this reviewer, the book's strength is to be found within the all too rare combination of the elucidation of pertinent details and the subsequent compilation and marshaling of this data in order to reach coherent conclusions. The hi-lighting of detailed minutiae is only of secondary value, it would appear, if any historical advances are unable to be procured from it. Fortunately, this fastidiously researched volume abounds in both.
It is a lengthy read, at round 670 pages, and is at times dense in the chronicled information it conveys. It is an honest read, too, and this reviewer proffers that an alternative title could well have been formed along the lines of 'How Roosevelt, Churchill, Marshall and Alanbrooke very nearly didn't Win the War in the West'! Indeed, some readers - especially those none too conversant with the internecine ... read more.
Written by Andrew Roberts.
Published 25 September 2008.
Published by Allen Lane.
rrp £25.00.
672 pages Hardcover.
ISBN: 0713999691
ISBN-13: 9780713999693 | |
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