dragondeer@bookwyrm.social hat The Secret War von Max Hastings besprochen
A bit chaotic in pace but a good read
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Very well researched. The author expects you to know some background by default which is fine for a book of this size.
I found that it would jump around a bit so it sometimes is tough to keep a common thread going. Maybe an inevitability given the breadth that it must take on but beware that you will need to draw links yourself and be ready to go to another side of the world or another department entirely between chapters.
Overall it was an interesting read. Showed that acquiring intel was tough and implementing it even tougher (or impossible if you didn't have the means to act on it.) Would highly recommend taking notes along the way to keep things distinct and fresh in your mind. Perhaps a little more editing could've made it more cohesive from the start.
Very well researched. The author expects you to know some background by default which is fine for a book of this size.
I found that it would jump around a bit so it sometimes is tough to keep a common thread going. Maybe an inevitability given the breadth that it must take on but beware that you will need to draw links yourself and be ready to go to another side of the world or another department entirely between chapters.
Overall it was an interesting read. Showed that acquiring intel was tough and implementing it even tougher (or impossible if you didn't have the means to act on it.) Would highly recommend taking notes along the way to keep things distinct and fresh in your mind. Perhaps a little more editing could've made it more cohesive from the start.