The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War

"Gripping. . . . splendid
history. A brilliantly clear and accessible account of the war in all its
theaters. Roberts's prose is unerringly precise and strikingly vivid. It is
hard to imagine a better-told military history of World War II." -New York
Times Book Review

Andrew
Roberts's acclaimed new history has been hailed as the finest single-volume
account of this epic conflict. From the western front to North Africa, from the
Baltic to the Far East, he tells the story of the war--the grand strategy and
the individual experience, the brutality and the heroism--as never before.

Meticulously
researched and masterfully written, The
Storm of War illuminates the war's principal actors, revealing how
their decisions shaped the course of the conflict. Along the way, Roberts
presents tales of the many lesser-known individuals whose experiences form a
panoply of the courage and self-sacrifice, as well as the depravity and
cruelty, of the Second World War.