The Greatest Blunders of World War II: How Errors Mistakes and Blunders Determined Victory or Defeat

Nearly a lifetime of research and study by a veteran of World War II revealsthe major political and military errors and mistakes which caused the greatest catastrophe in world history, almost lost the struggle with the greatest evil the world has ever known, failed to end the conflict in a decisive victory for the survival of freedom and democracy, subjected the world to almost half a century of fear and turmoil in the Cold War, and wasted vast world resources on armaments while hundreds of millions of people suffered from hunger, illness and death. This comprehensive analysis of the major issues and campaigns of World War II concentrates on what went wrong with the conduct of the war which needlessly prolonged its brutal end resulting in greatly increased suffering and death and shockingly reveals how desperately narrow was the margin between victory and defeat. The author convincingly concludes that only if nationalism yields to theenforcement of international law can the worldwide devastation of mass destruction be avoided. But the good news is that recent developments in international cooperation clearly indicates that the overwhelming majority of the nations of the world now recognize that world peace can only prevail under the enforcement of international law. Thus it is imperative that the United States must now exert the necessary leadership for the execution of a Treaty for ther Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes as the only effective means of maintaining world peace and avoiding a nuclear holocaust.

Horace Edward Henderson grew up at Williamsburg, Virginia, studied at William and Mary and Yale University, served from Private to Captain from Omaha Beach to Berlin in World War II and has held numerous public, political and governmental positions.He currently resides in California and serves as Chairman of the World Peace Treaty Campaign (www.worldpeacetreaty.org) and he is the author of The Scots of Virginia - Americas Greatest Patriots and recently edited The Final Word - Quotations on War and Peace to be published soon.