About the book
Across every theater of the conflict, John Keegan follows the Second World War in chronological order while pausing on five battles, each chosen because it shows a distinct kind of modern fighting. Crete stands for the airborne assault, Midway for war between aircraft carriers, Falaise for armor, Berlin for combat inside a city and Okinawa for landings from the sea. Through these cases Keegan weighs the strategic dilemmas facing the war's leaders and what their decisions meant both for the men who did the fighting and for how the wider war unfolded. Along the way it offers fresh insight into what set the methods and motives of modern warfare apart.
Tools of Titans reports that Casey Neistat ranks it alongside one other title as his favorite book, has read all of it three times, and credits studying the war with his understanding of business and life.
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Casey Neistat (Co-Founder/Beme)
"I always say I got all my understanding of how business and life works from studying the Second World War". Aside from The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Casey's favorite book is The Second World War by John Keegan. He's read this massive tome three times, cover to cover. He remembers showing up to work and getting in trouble because he was tired from staying up all night reading this textbook.
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