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“When most people talk about the ‘World War’ they’re not really talking geography at all, they’re talking about a period. But Symonds really is looking at the war from a worldwide perspective. There are not too many people writing who do this well, and seriously. Most of the immense mass of literature about the Second World War is really about particular parts of the world, particular services, particular countries and particular periods, often rather short ones. This is at least a history of the all the major elements of the war—obviously fairly high level—between roughly 1940 and 1945.” Read more...
The best books on 20th Century Naval History
Nicholas Rodger, Military Historians & Veteran
World War II at Sea: A Global History is by leading American naval historian Craig Symonds and helps put the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Pacific War in global perspective. The book argues that the naval struggle was at the heart of World War II, and that victory required a mastery of resources that could only be achieved through naval supremacy.
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