Book Reviews on The Second World War Military Operations Research Group Website

I just want to bring to everyone's attention a growing collection of book reviews that are available on the website of The Second World War Military Operations Research Group. You can find a list of what has been posted so far here:

https://secondworldwaroperationsresearchgroup.wordpress.com/book-reviews/

I will update as more are posted. Enjoy!

Ross

 

Thank you very much for this link.

Darrell

 

No problem. I hope people enjoy them.

Ross

 

It will. I'll try and post updates to this thread as they appear.

Ross

 

I have just posted a review of Peter Gray, The Leadership, Direction and Legitimacy of the RAF Bomber Offensive from Inception to 1945 (London: Continuum, 2012)

Book Review – The Leadership, Direction and Legitimacy of the RAF Bomber Offensive from Inception to 1945 | The Second World War Military Operations Research Group

Ross

 

I have just posted a review of Sönke Neitzel (ed.) Tapping Hitler’s Generals: Transcripts of Secret Conversations, 1942-45 (Frontline Books: Barnsley, 2007) by Professor Harry Bennett of Plymouth University.

Book Review – Tapping Hitler

Enjoy.

Ross

 

Sounds like a great book and the review is excellent, Mahross. Thanks for sharing.
One of the most important topics for war historian study. Just what were they (the Wehrmacht Officer Corps) thinking about the "ethnic cleansing" going on in the occupied territories? Hmmmm?
And how did they rationalize it, come to grips with it, so to speak, within the inner recesses of their collective souls?

An excerpt from the excellent review.

 

Glad you enjoyed the review gents. It does seem to help answer some important questions concerning what they knew.

More soon.

Ross

 

We have just posted another review of Hitler's Battleships by Edwyn Gray. It highlights the difference between academic and popular military history.

Book Review – Hitler’s Battleships | The Second World War Military Operations Research Group

Ross

 

The review did bring up a question though. They stated that Morrison wrote the "official history" but I seem to recall reading somewhere that his history isn't really the "official" one.

Just checked and indeed wiki anyway states:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_States_Naval_Operations_in_World_War_II_(series)

 

Yes, I think the best way to think of Morrison is much like Churchill's The Second World War in that they both received help from the organizations they were writing about.

The definition of OH is an interesting one and has service and national variations. For example, Richards and Saunders history of the RAF is not an Official History in the sense used by the British govt. In Britain, OHs are those commissioned by the Cabinet Office, or in the case of the First World War, the Cabinet for Imperial Defence.

We have posted another review. This time of, Robert C. Stern, The US Navy and the War in Europe (Seaforth Publishing: Barnsley, 2012)

https://secondworldwaroperationsres...ook-review-the-us-navy-and-the-war-in-europe/

Ross

 

Latest review: Citation: G.H. Bennett, ‘Review of Jak P. Mallmann Showell, Hitler’s Navy: A Reference Guide to the Kriegsmarine, 1935-1945’, The Second World War Military Operations Research Group, 24 February, 2013

Book Review – Hitler

Ross

 

Latest review posted - G.H. Bennett, ‘Review of Peter C. Smith, Naval Warfare in the English Channel 1939-1945’, The Second World War Military Operations Research Group, 3 March 2013

https://secondworldwaroperationsres...val-warfare-in-the-english-channel-1939-1945/

Ross

 

Latest review posted - G.H. Bennett, ‘Review of Nick Hewitt. Coastal Convoys 1939-1945’, The Second World War Military Operations Research Group, 17 March 2013

http://secondworldwaroperationsresearchgroup.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/book-review-coastal-convoys-1939-1945/

Ross

 

Latest review posted - Alexander Wilson, ‘Review of Mark Johnston, Anzacs in the Middle East: Australian Soldiers, their Allies and the Local People in World War II’, The Second World War Military Operations Research Group, 9 April 2013

http://secondworldwaroperationsresearchgroup.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/book-review-anzacs-in-the-middle-east-australian-soldiers-their-allies-and-the-local-people-in-world-war-ii/

Ross

 

Latest review posted - Richard Hammond, ‘Review of Tim Benbow (ed), British Naval Aviation: The First 100 Years’, The Second World War Military Operations Research Group, 3 May 2013

https://secondworldwaroperationsresearchgroup.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/book-review-british-naval-aviation-the-first-100-years/

Ross

 

Latest review posted - Phil McCarty, 'Review of Jill Edwards (ed.), El Alamein and the Struggle for North Africa: International Perspectives for the Twenty-First Century’, The Second World War Military Operations Research Group, 3 June 2013

http://secondworldwaroperationsresearchgroup.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/book-review-el-alamein-and-the-struggle-for-north-africa-international-perspectives-for-the-twenty-first-century/

Ross