Victor Davis Hanson is Professor of Greek and Director of
the Classics Program at California State University, Fresno, and author of a
number of very good books about wars, ancient and modern. His 2017 book The
Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won is
not yet another history of the war. It is instead a closely
reasoned and well researched analysis of the strategy and tactics, industrial
capacity, armaments, and personalities of the leaders that shaped the war. His views, informed as they are by his
understanding of history (most mistakes have been made before in history, often
many times) give new insights into World War II, and offer some sobering
thoughts about future conflicts. Well worth reading.
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