World War II : a visual encyclopedia
Language: English
Published by London : PRC Publishing, 2003
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Fine copy in colour-printed boards, with a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 512 pages : illustrations, maps ; 32 cm. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 Encyclopedias. 1 Kg.
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- Title
- World War II : a visual encyclopedia
- Author
- Keegan, John [ed]
- Publisher
- London : PRC Publishing
- Publication year
- 2003
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 185648551X
- ISBN 13
- 9781856485517
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
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Keegan, a well-known editor of many other works on military history, states that his goal is to present a factual, chronological, and biographical history of World War II in one concise volume. He succeeds, though there are some glaring errors of fact (for example, the entry on Japanese Emperor Hirohito names him emperor of China at one point).Entries are usually short, less than one column, but are clear and detailed. The entry on Hitler, for example, only runs to slightly more than a column but provides a great amount of factual information on his life and role in the war.
This brevity of text makes room for the volume's major reason for inclusion on most reference shelves: the illustrations. Many of the black-and-white photos show people, places, machinery, and events. Some are harrowing (such as the Holocaust and Hiroshima photos), while others are awe-inspiring in their banality (such as one of a U.S. soldier picking up pieces of his equipment at the edge of the water of Utah beach on D-Day).High-school and public libraries may want to consider this inexpensive resource as a supplement to other World War II titles in the reference collection. REVWR
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