The Conqueror's by Michael Beschloss World War II is one of the most intensively studied conflicts in history and nearly sixty years after its end, new information is still emerging. ... This book allows the American people to hear private conversations and letters of historical giants. A central theme in the book is the destruction of the idea of Hitlers's Germany rather than the physical army. ... Bechloss feels that the bombing of Auschwitz and other concentration camps would have both been a military and moral sound. ... The book points out FDR's failure to take actio...

• Word Count: 843
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The book can be broken down into three major sections before D-Day, during D-Day, and a brief look at the repercussions of Operation Overlord. ... Another key point to mention throughout the entire book Ambrose not only discusses the major players, but the smaller player that are doing the grunt work. ... Ambrose with almost Hemmingway like descriptions writes about the color of the sand the intense sound of the artillery and machine gun fire. ... Through out the book Ambrose states key facts that pertain to the reason for such intense battling for the Americans, Brits, Scots, and Canadians. T...

• Word Count: 1075
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, the interest of the reader in the contents of a book is sometimes affected by the realism with which the plot is introduced. ... They sound like an average person's reactions to a situation. ... Jack's success in predicting Ramius' objective was believable, even though his predictions were so far fetched that they were considered crazy by other characters in the book. ... Understanding the circumstances described earlier in the book it would have been a normal human reaction of trying to hold the power like Vatutin did. ... The ships referred to as "Americ...

• Word Count: 2281
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As Nayan, the wonder boy from the story "Nayan Rahasya" by Satyajit Ray comes out safe and sound in the climax, Feluda, the iconic private detective smiles slightly since it is he who has ensured the safety of the boy, while the audience heaved sighs of relief and cries of joy. ... The plot is twisted at this point by Hergé (1972) when an informer of a subversive Bab- El- Ehr abducts Tintin in the hope that he would provide beneficial information. ... Hergé's biographer, Benoît Peeters mentions that, "no book has gone through more ups and downs", than La...

• Word Count: 1962
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He was never able to write the book. ... That night, he and Bernard looked through Bernard's library for information on the real Children's Crusade. ... That night, he read a book by Erika Ostrovsky. ... Now, he presents us with his war book. ... This book, he says, is a failure. ...

• Word Count: 7795
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: High School

As I read "Night", I was struck by the apparent lack of information the Jews had in respect to their families and others of the Jewish faith in regards to the war. ... The question of how a loving and caring God could allow such evil to prevail is a continuous question raised by Wiesel throughout the book. ... This alone may sound insignificant, but Wiesel risked death for this gold cap. ...

• Word Count: 1758
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The Little Prince which was written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery and was published in 1943 during the World War II, is my favourite great book. ... From review of Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, This is a book that can be read by both children and adults. It has a message of love that is true and touching, and it is a book that has stood the test of time.1 Hence, how can The Little Prince obtain these good reviews and made a great effects even if it seems like only a book for children? ... The author wrote this book when he was an exile in the United States after the fall of France in World War...

• Word Count: 2875
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School