Battles Lost and Won: Great Campaigns of World War II

by Hanson W. Baldwin

Book Overview

Evaluates battles of WWII, analyzing what happened in each and why, as well as the larger results. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568520107
• ISBN13: 9781568520100
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: William S. Konecky Associates
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.08 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Worth a read!

Interesting perspectives, very well written, on some of WWII's most noteworthy battles. A good addition to the WW II history buff's library--even though much of this ground has been trod before!

The Book Won

This book is as fresh in my mind today as it was when I read it years ago. The author had a way of describing events as if they are in the present. Mentioning people who participated in these campaigns, made it feel like you knew them when they were there. As it is about eleven battles, it is eleven short stories. For a reader who likes to skip around a lot, like me, this made it all the more pleasureable. Hanson Baldwin does present only one pivotal battle of WW 2, Stalingrad. He does not present the other two: Midway or El Alamein, but that is author's prerogative as far as I am concerned. I recommend that you exercise your prerogative to buy the book if you enjoy military history. The author can make you feel like you were there.

Excellent military history of WW@

Hanson Baldwin's military history of WW2 is an excellent analysis of eleven individual battles ranging from the invasion of Poland through the battle of Okinawa. Instead of giving a complete history of the war, he focuses on individual battles: what happened; mistakes made by allies and axis powers, etc. It is written in a quick paced, journalistic style. This is attributable to Baldwin's many years as a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. In addition to an excellent read, it is expertly footnoted. The footnotes add fascinating insight to these events touching upon small, but but vital and interesting aspects of the battles covered. All in all, an excellent read.