Leckie and one-volume histories of WW2
Salvatore_B (Salvatore_B@BLS.GOV)
Thu, 7 Aug 1997 15:41:22 -0400
the comments below by Drew and Gerald seem
fair to me. it's very interesting to compare the
approaches taken and impressions left by
Weinberg (A World at Arms),
Ponting (Armageddon), and Leckie.
the list of works by Leckie opposite the title page
is staggering -- probably he is a competent, highly
fluent journeyman storyteller who doesn't take time
to do any primary research. beyond that my only
comment is that the incessant, totally discontinuous
jumps between locations and, even more jarring,
between dates strongly detract from the otherwise
unobtrusive style, which makes for speedy reading.
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From: Gerald Churchill[SMTP:churchill@UHCL4.CL.UH.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 1997 1:08 PM
To: WWII-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Re: FW: Munda airfield/Guadalcanal
On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Drew Halevy wrote:
> Salvatore_B wrote:
>
> > according to "Delivered from Evil' by Robert Leckie
> > (1985: after the uncloaking of ULTRA, but before the
opening of the Soviet Archives?) [one-volume,
chronologically disorienting history of WW2,
about 1000 pages, few maps, much anecdotal and
individually-oriented material, lots of short biographies]
> A valid and concise review of Leckie's book, but
important to note that it is a very readable book.
This was one of the first books I read on WWII, and it
rasied enough curosity in me to start reading other
WWII works-Drew
>
I have not read the book, but if it is like other books by
this author, it is long on readability and pat answers
but short on hard, meaty research.
Gerald Churchill
churchill@uhcl4.cl.uh.edu