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All hell let loose by max hastings5/19/2023 ![]() Unless this is a subject that simply doesn’t interest you, this is a book worth reading. But it is a powerful, tightly-packed and skilfully written judgement which tugs the reader on to the end and actually distracted me, on an uncomfortable and ill-lit aeroplane, from theoretically easier reading. ![]() There are no doubt small things with which one might quibble. The book, dealing with the whole war, military, political and social, is deeply informed by several previous works by Sir Max on detailed aspects of the war. But first, a general introduction:īy far the best popular history book of the season is Max Hastings’s ‘All Hell Let Loose’, his summing up of the Second World War. ![]() This book comes tantalisingly close to being right. ![]()
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