The Second World War

Praised as “the best military historian of our generation” by Tom Clancy, John Keegan reconsiders his masterful study of World War II, The Second World War, with a new foreword

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, The Second World War will be required reading for generations to come.

"The Second World War merits the acceptance as the standard work that it will surely recieve." -The Washington Post

"If you want to know how it happened, read Keegan's thoughtful and elegant prose." -Los Angeles Times

• The First World War
• Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941-1945
• The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme
• The Second World War: A Complete History
• The American Civil War: A Military History (Vintage Civil War Library)
• D-Day: The Battle for Normandy
• Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy during the Cold War
• Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris; June 6 - Aug. 5, 1944; Revised
• The Origins of The Second World War
• A History of Warfare