The "Hitler Myth": Image and Reality in the Third Reich6 reviews Ian Kershaw Oxford University Press, USA, 2001 Solid work + Rebuts the Allied-Bombing-Ineffective Myth + A Fundamentally Flawed but still Interesting Work + A solid, interesting survey + interesting preview             A TORCH TO THE ENEMY1 review Martin Caidin Ballantine Books, 1979 A Detailed Account of a Gruesome Event of War Caidin's book focuses on the dramatic air raid of March 1945 on Tokyo. Sixteen square miles of densely-populated area were completely burnt out, and some 80,000 people (some say as many as 250,000 people) were killed. The area destroyed and possibly the death toll exceed that of the atomic bombing ...             Bomber Harris: The Story of Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir Arthur Harris ...2 reviews Dudley Saward Doubleday Books, 1985 Proves the Efficacy of Allied Area Bombing Contrary to others' misrepresentations, this is not an unthinking apology for Allied area bombing. To the contrary: In support of his contentions about the efficacy of Allied area bombing of German cities, author Saward cites the testimony of Albert Speer. Surely Speer should know: He was in charge ...             Mosquito1 review C.Martin Sharp, Michael J.F. Bowyer Faber and Faber, 1971 A Fascinating Airplane This book provides details about the WWII Mosquito. This fascinating plane was largely made out of wood, yet could more than compete with metal planes. Its designers had the foresight not to be intimidated by popular beliefs that wood is a weak and obsolete material for engineering. As a ...             Hans Frank, Lebensraum and the Final Solution1 review Martyn Housden Palgrave Macmillan, 2004 Why Poles and Jews Were "Unequal Victims", and the Likely Future Extermination of Poles Housden begins by focusing on the German conquest of Poland. Considering all of the decades-old whining, by certain Germans, about Allied bombing strategy, Housden makes it clear that this very policy originated from none other than the Germans themselves: "German military actions were staged ...             The Bombing of Germany1 review Hans (Edward Fitzgerald, Translator) Rumpf Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1963 Limited Information Presented, and with Exaggerations This book discusses the destruction of various-named German cities during WWII, but is long on hyperbole and short on data. For instance, Rumpf speaks of the bombing of Dresden as a catastrophe "so terrible that the details in all their horror will never be fully known now." True enough, but one ...             Inside the Third Reich73 reviews Albert Speer Simon & Schuster, 1997 Successes and Limitations of Allied Bombing + Inside the Third Reich According to One of Them! + Essential History of Hitler's Third Reich + Self-serving yet interesting + The Memoir of an Architect             Among The Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan26 reviews A. C. Grayling Walker & Company, 2007 A Provocative Analysis of the Morality of Total War + War is HELL & Hindsight Proves Just That Fact... The Second World War produced many more civilian deaths than soldiers who died in combat. A good portion, on the order of 1.6 million, of these were victims of Allied firebombings of German, Japanese and other cities. At the Casablanca Conference, Roosevelt and Churchill had agreed that the best ...             The Fire: The Bombing of Germany, 1940-194529 reviews Jörg Friedrich Columbia University Press, 2006 A Masterful Contribution to the Literature on World War II + For This We Thank The Führer + Germany's massacre Joerg Friedrich's book is an invaluable contribution to the history of the Second World War that was long overdue. Until very recently it was taboo for Germans like him to write about the devastation of their country for fear of antagonizing their Anglo-American occupiers and newfound allies. The ...             The Goebbels Diaries, 1942-19434 reviews Joseph Goebbels Greenwood Press Reprint, 1970 The Private Thoughts of One of Hitler's Most Trusted! + Holocaust Uniqueness (Not); Slav Genocide; Polish Guerilla Successes; Nazi anti-Christianity (1942-1943) + Private thinkings of propaganda inventor + Essential reading for understanding what went on in Germany             Battle of Hamburg: Allied Bomber Forces Against a German City in 19433 reviews Martin Middlebrook Encore Editions, 1983 Recognizes the Polish Contribution to the War Effort + Viewing the Maelstrom + In Praise of Area Bombing This book provides much detail about the bombing of Hamburg. For instance, those German civilians who went to basements all perished in the main firestorm area. But those who went to shelters with gas and smoke-tight doors had a good chance of survival. As an American of Polish descent, I ...             Siege1 review Julien Bryan Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1940 An American Eyewitness to the 1939 German Terror Bombing against the Polish Nation, and Polish Treatment of Jews This book, published in 1940, has inestimable historical value. It includes a large collection of photographs which subsequently have been reprinted in innumerable books and encyclopedias. It also has relevance today. Nowadays, some Germans are trying to recast themselves as victims of ...             Hans Frank, Lebensraum and the Final Solution1 review Martyn Housden Palgrave Macmillan, 2004 Why Poles and Jews Were "Unequal Victims", and the Likely Future Extermination of Poles Housden begins by focusing on the German conquest of Poland. Considering all of the decades-old whining, by certain Germans, about Allied bombing strategy, Housden makes it clear that this very policy originated from none other than the Germans themselves: "German military actions were staged ...             The Goebbels Diaries, 1942-19434 reviews Joseph Goebbels Greenwood Press Reprint, 1970 The Private Thoughts of One of Hitler's Most Trusted! + Holocaust Uniqueness (Not); Slav Genocide; Polish Guerilla Successes; Nazi anti-Christianity (1942-1943) + Private thinkings of propaganda inventor + Essential reading for understanding what went on in Germany             The "Hitler Myth": Image and Reality in the Third Reich6 reviews Ian Kershaw Oxford University Press, USA, 2001 Solid work + Rebuts the Allied-Bombing-Ineffective Myth + A Fundamentally Flawed but still Interesting Work + A solid, interesting survey + interesting preview             Siege1 review Julien Bryan Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1940 An American Eyewitness to the 1939 German Terror Bombing against the Polish Nation, and Polish Treatment of Jews This book, published in 1940, has inestimable historical value. It includes a large collection of photographs which subsequently have been reprinted in innumerable books and encyclopedias. It also has relevance today. Nowadays, some Germans are trying to recast themselves as victims of ...             Inside the Third Reich73 reviews Albert Speer Simon & Schuster, 1997 Successes and Limitations of Allied Bombing + Inside the Third Reich According to One of Them! + Essential History of Hitler's Third Reich + Self-serving yet interesting + The Memoir of an Architect             The Fire: The Bombing of Germany, 1940-194529 reviews Jörg Friedrich Columbia University Press, 2006 A Masterful Contribution to the Literature on World War II + For This We Thank The Führer + Germany's massacre Joerg Friedrich's book is an invaluable contribution to the history of the Second World War that was long overdue. Until very recently it was taboo for Germans like him to write about the devastation of their country for fear of antagonizing their Anglo-American occupiers and newfound allies. The ...             Bomber Harris: The Story of Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir Arthur Harris ...2 reviews Dudley Saward Doubleday Books, 1985 Proves the Efficacy of Allied Area Bombing Contrary to others' misrepresentations, this is not an unthinking apology for Allied area bombing. To the contrary: In support of his contentions about the efficacy of Allied area bombing of German cities, author Saward cites the testimony of Albert Speer. Surely Speer should know: He was in charge ...             A TORCH TO THE ENEMY1 review Martin Caidin Ballantine Books, 1979 A Detailed Account of a Gruesome Event of War Caidin's book focuses on the dramatic air raid of March 1945 on Tokyo. Sixteen square miles of densely-populated area were completely burnt out, and some 80,000 people (some say as many as 250,000 people) were killed. The area destroyed and possibly the death toll exceed that of the atomic bombing ...