tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719141367222154597.post4592590701398860070..comments2024-03-15T02:45:11.640-07:00Comments on Book Reviews: The Second World War (Gordon Corrigan)Chris Nuttallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169777329446932697noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719141367222154597.post-90639151972220756202012-12-13T10:37:39.660-08:002012-12-13T10:37:39.660-08:00I suppose by now you have gone past page 69. I got...I suppose by now you have gone past page 69. I got to Pearl Harbor and had to give up. If there are factual mistakes I can detect than there are probably more that i cannot. That, for me, destroys any interest in finishing the book. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719141367222154597.post-3414345288596918072012-06-29T10:21:48.259-07:002012-06-29T10:21:48.259-07:00I would give the book a grade of C. It is generall...I would give the book a grade of C. It is generally quite readable, but he does not back up his claims, for exampe p 573: "...it was the Jewish Brigade in northern Italy that supervised the herding of Uzbeks in German uniform across the bridge from the British into the Russian zone, where they were shot as they arrived." No footnote on this, and in fact only 93 footnotes in a book of 600 pages. <br /><br />I wonder why the public library of Madison, WI bought the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719141367222154597.post-29567502575708950222011-12-23T06:24:12.720-08:002011-12-23T06:24:12.720-08:00The author makes numerous factual mistakes as well...The author makes numerous factual mistakes as well. <br /><br />Examples: Pg 63: He says America had an army of 100 divisions in WWII. America never fielded more than 90 (some sources claim 89) & this was a major problem during the campaign in NW Europe; specifically after the attrition suffered in Normamndy & the Battle of the Bulge.<br /><br />Pg 65: He calls the Secretary of War the Secretary of Defense. That was not the case until after WWII.<br /><br />Pg 67: He states Huey P. Long was the governor of Arkansas. He was in fact, the governor of Louisiana.<br /><br />& I am only up to pg 69. I like the way he writes to a certain degree, but mistakes over simple facts as noted above, make me question his grasp of the topic. & as other reviews on the web have stated, he comes across as somewhat arrogant. Probably to be expected from a man of his generation & experience as an officer in the post-colonial British Army.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com