It is, I might go in and add that. I thought it was somewhat less good than his Jackson books so it wasn’t I had kept on a list to include for this, but it is still quite good and interesting
The WW1 comment is interesting. I've rarely come across anything outside of some quite late war stuff which didn't portray the Germans as superior on the ground. The problem is that they fighting a different war, especially to the British. Britain essentially besieged Germany, the onus fell on Germany to break the siege.
If you have time to read the book, it really is quite interesting. The impression you described is the one I had as well before reading it. Much of the details he brings into it in the way he applies in those to showing how the war happened did change my view somewhat and towards a more positive one of the Germans, even in the early war stages that made what they did make a good bit more sense strategically
Of course they lost, but he shows that was much more because of American involvement, which was brought about by the German political machine being buffoonish than the German military war effort being a poor one, particularly in the early stages
The Amazon lists have just got even longer
Many such cases😂
Remini's book on Henry Clay is also good.
It is, I might go in and add that. I thought it was somewhat less good than his Jackson books so it wasn’t I had kept on a list to include for this, but it is still quite good and interesting
The WW1 comment is interesting. I've rarely come across anything outside of some quite late war stuff which didn't portray the Germans as superior on the ground. The problem is that they fighting a different war, especially to the British. Britain essentially besieged Germany, the onus fell on Germany to break the siege.
If you have time to read the book, it really is quite interesting. The impression you described is the one I had as well before reading it. Much of the details he brings into it in the way he applies in those to showing how the war happened did change my view somewhat and towards a more positive one of the Germans, even in the early war stages that made what they did make a good bit more sense strategically
Of course they lost, but he shows that was much more because of American involvement, which was brought about by the German political machine being buffoonish than the German military war effort being a poor one, particularly in the early stages
thanks for the rec on the myth of the great war