bPraised as the best military historian of our generation by Tom Clancy, John Keegan reconsiders his masterful study of World War II, iThe Second World Wari, with a new forewordb p Keegan examines each theater of the war, focusing on five crucial battles and offering new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfare. In eloquent, perceptive analyses of the airborne battle of Crete, the carrier battle of Midway, the tank battle of Falaise, the city battle of Berlin, and the amphibious battle of Okinawa, Keegan illuminates the strategic dilemmas faced by the leaders and the consequences of their decisions on the fighting men and the course of the war as a whole. An extraordinary, definitive history, iThe Second World War iwill be required reading for generations to come. piThe Second World Wari merits the acceptance as the standard work that it will surely recieve. -iThe Washington Post piIf you want to know how it happened, read Keegan's thoughtful and elegant