John keegans the second world war is a masterfully written dissertation of wwii while keegan certainly doesnt cover every aspect of the war he in fact explains that he will not attempt to do this in his prologue he does do an admirable job presenting the war contextually for readers. The second world war paperback marking the sixtieth anniversary of the end of world war ii this landmark history of the conflict surveys the events bolcom the second world war 9780143035732 john keegan boeken. Historian john keegan packed all of the second world war in one book of 595 pages and did it well granted there were certain battles that were shortchanged or not mentioned at all but that is bound to happen when both the european and pacific theaters are being covered. That is just what john keegan does in his second world war i have read a number of books by keegan and he is one of my favourite military historians he is able to balance research with a readable style in this large book keegan takes us through the war from its earliest beginnings to the final victory over japan