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Top notch

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Reviewed: 09-04-21

Comprehensive and gripping book by Ian Toll. Tells the story from the view from the commanders, the politicians and the soldiers, marines, airmen, sailors, and civilians in both sides. Probably the best book on the end-game in the Pacific.

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Complete, entertaining and deeply researched.

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Reviewed: 06-18-21

Simply a joy from beginning to end. Entertaining, broad, deep and filled with anecdotes and personal fates and stories.
Pretty much a complete story on the subject.

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Absolutely top notch.

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Reviewed: 06-06-20

Just a great book on a fascinating subject. Both the writing and the performance are very good.

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70/30 history and polemics.

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Reviewed: 09-25-19

The author has strong political views, and is unfortunately unable to restrain them. So one moment he is telling a detailed and knowledgeable story about piloting wild weasels over Vietnam, and the next he is explaining how the other side of the aisle got it all wrong and killed Americans.
But the technical and flight-related descriptions are very clearly written by someone who knows his stuff.

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A great book with new insights.

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Reviewed: 07-18-19

Tells the story in a gripping, detailed and well paced manner. Explains that Midway was not a miracle, but a well planned battle that was almost evenly matched.

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Very good, detailed and gripping.

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Reviewed: 07-10-19

Does not dumb it down too much (although you have got to simplify the physics a bit), and manages to follow both the people, the politics and the physics in a clear and gripping narrative.

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Gripping, well researched and unflinching.

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Reviewed: 06-20-19

Solid book which explains the enormous successes, the limitations, the decline and fall of the German army of WWII. And does not shy away from the war crimes which will always stain its reputation.

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Excellent, exceptionally comprehensive.

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Reviewed: 10-28-17

Focusing on how diseases in animals infect humans, it covers in detail a wide range of diseases, combining stories, science and insights in a deeply interesting and, at times, frightening, way. It's not all about the diseases that get the headlines, but almost all of them can kill you.

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