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To: MplsSteve
"World War 2" by Winston Churchill which is a six-volume narrative on the entire war from the perspective of one who was Prime Minister of Great Britain for nearly that entire war.

It's a fascinating read and even if you already know the history of WW2, Churchill puts a unique spin on things.

Churchill has an almost unparalleled command of the English language and the set is worth reading for that along. He has me consulting the dictionary often.

39 posted on 06/13/2018 12:14:22 PM PDT by SamAdams76 ( Have you eaten your bone marrow today?)
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To: SamAdams76

Never made it all the way through Churchill’s voluminous WW-II. I’ll have to get it and restart from the beginning. Just finished The River War by him a few months ago. He has an uncanny way to write history.


100 posted on 06/13/2018 12:53:43 PM PDT by Karliner (Jeremiah29:11,Romans8:28 Isa 17, Damascus has fallen)
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To: SamAdams76

That’s long out of print, or was the last I looked. I read it probably 25 years ago. Good stuff.


172 posted on 06/13/2018 5:45:56 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: SamAdams76

Oh, and further on Churchill, I strongly recommend his war correspondent books, free from Project Gutenberg.

The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4943

The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9404

Both cover colonial wars against Muslims in primitive conditions. Both are quick reads, as they were originally serial newspaper dispatches from the front. Both should have been required post-9/11 reading for our entire officer and NCO corps and the State Department, or at these the parts of it dealing with the Middle East.


173 posted on 06/13/2018 5:52:14 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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