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Cargando... 1942: The Year That Tried Men's Souls (2005)por Winston Groom
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InscrÃbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book is a wonderfully entertaining if not entirely accurate popular history by a good author. The subject of the book is primarily operations of the United States armed forces during the year 1942. While some of the information supplied in the book is just plain wrong, (for example, where Groom refers to the carrier Saratoga as being involved in Midway ops, and another place he refers to a German Tiger tank as a "Mark IV") the author does give an accurate overview of World War Two from the American perspective, during this frightful year. One of the greatest strengths of this book are the jewels of little known anecdotes scattered throughout the story. If you are looking for a good leisurely read by an entertaining author, 1942 is a good choice and a worthy investment of couch time. Just be careful about quoting any facts from it. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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I kept going back and forth between giving this book 3/5 stars or 4/5 stars. This is mainly because - coming into this book after reading Erik Larson’s The Splendid and the Vile - I had relatively high expectations for this book. (It’s also why it took me a couple of days to get the review together.) However, after thinking about it, I decided to go with 4/5 stars. This book was really good for what it was, and Groom presents good information on World War II with his focus on 1942. It was well done, but it didn’t grab my attention as much as I had hoped. ( )