Week 4: The Second World War An Illustrated History - A.J.P.Taylor

This week's book was a selection from the history section. WW II has always fascianted me and was looking forward to reading this.

Things that could have been improved – I found some of the author's sentence structuring a little hard to follow. One of those where you have to read twice to get it right. Another aspect is that there is a lot of reference to WWI or prior events- almost in a casual name dropping way. For someone with sketchy, at best, knowledge of WWI, I had a little difficulty keeping up.


Having said all of that, I think the book is a must read for anyone interested in learning more about the World War II. The book gives a good account of the leadership of the 4 major leaders – Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, and the events that shaped the war. Overall good book – just wish I had more time to soak it all in.