Nonfiction Spotlight: War (10/27/21)

Today’s history round-up spotlights wars with the story of America’s longest war and a new chronicle of the Third Reich under Hitler’s hand.

THE LONG WAR: The Inside Story of America and Afghanistan Since 9/11 by David Loyn

2 starred reviews!

“Former BBC journalist Loyn turns a gimlet eye on the war in Afghanistan, the longest in the history of the U.S… A well-executed and dispiriting study of imperial overreach and cultural collision.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Distinguished by its granular detail and insider access, this is an authoritative study of where things went wrong.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review

THE HITLER YEARS: Disaster, 1940-1945 by Frank McDonough

“Like its previous installment, THE HITLER YEARS: Triumph, 1933–1939, this second volume of McDonough’s history of Nazi Germany devotes a chapter to each year it covers, in this case 1940 through 1945.”–Library Journal

THE LONG WAR: The Inside Story of America and Afghanistan Since 9/11 by David Loyn; 9781250128423; available now.
THE HITLER YEARS: Disaster, 1940-1945 by Frank McDonough; 9781250275127; available now.