Ken Burns is at it again.If you’re watching The War on PBS, or reading the book, The War: an Intimate History 1941 - 1945 by Geoffry Ward and want to explore the topic further, PBS has a great site, with suggestions for web sites, books, memoirs, vetrans organizations and other resources related to World War II.
Here’s a list of five of the books mentioned on the PBS site, as well as new books published this year, all available for request at the Glendale Public Library.
PBS Suggestions
Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943
John W. Dower, War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War
Max Hastings, Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945
Eric Larrabee, Commander in Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, His Lieutenants, and Their War
Here’s a list of five of the books mentioned on the PBS site, as well as new books published this year, all available for request at the Glendale Public Library.
PBS Suggestions
Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943
John W. Dower, War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War
Max Hastings, Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945
Eric Larrabee, Commander in Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, His Lieutenants, and Their War
Norman Davies, No Simple Victory : World War II in Europe 1939-1945
Michael D. Gordin, Five Days in August : How World War II Became a Nuclear War
Ian Kershaw, Fateful Choices : Ten Decisions that Changed the World, 1940-1941
Ian Kershaw, Fateful Choices : Ten Decisions that Changed the World, 1940-1941
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