Kind of a random topic for a syndicated column but I was pleased to see that 7 of the volumes the author mentioned - Rise and Fall of the 3rd...
From the war years, of course.
I think it's more attention seeking than anything these days. They'll do anything to get media attention. The press was losing interest in them...
Slowly getting through Weinberg's World At Arms. Also enjoying Prange's At Dawn We Slept (I bought his whole trilogy) and Ambrose's Citizen...
I'm plodding through Weinberg's tome; full of great information but dry, as many have noted. I just finished the section on code-breaking and...
Is the entire book going to be non-fiction?
Would Morton's Fall of the Philippines be a good starting text for beginning to read more in-depth about the events there? Thanks, Ryan
I read one reviewer that said the pictures are great but the text is pedestrian and not especially enlightening. Would you agree?
It's a profile of black radio performers from the 1920s to 1950s. Should hopefully be out this fall with McFarland, which does WW2 material as...
There's a set for sale locally for $75, so that seems a reasonable price. I need to decide if I want to give up the shelf space, I guess.
Great! Thanks for more suggestions. Ryan
I'm looking for some books that give an overview of the Pacific Theater for a beginner; I'm less interested in detailed accounts of individual...
Think I'm going to wait for the mini-series on that one. Ryan
Also new to the forum, thanks for the blunt advice. I'm a collector by nature and have to be very intentional about not collecting items for every...
Outstanding pictures, thanks. Are there known color pictures of the concentration camps?
What's a reasonable going price for the complete set? There's one for sale locally. Ryan
I've joined a few WW2 forums recently but this one seems to have more American-based participants. I'm continuing "A World At Arms" which I...
