CollierReviews

A chronological history of WW II. A collection of articles and photographs (both b&w and color) on the United States involvement in World War II. Includes photographs of President Roosevelt, assorted military leaders. Has Rand-McNally maps of the World on inside of front and back covers extending to ffep and lfep. This 1945 edition is bound in a detailed and tooled leather cover with the title in red and gold lettering. Oblong - coffee table design.

112 pages of maps 328 pages total. Major US City maps are buried in the place-name index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction.
I. Causes of the War.
II. The Preparatory Stage of the War.
III. The First Battles.
IV. The March to Ping-Yang.
V. From Chenampo to the Yalu.
VI. The Russian Advance to the Front.
VII. The Chroniclers of the War.
VIII. The Battle of the Yalu.
IX. Honoring the Heroes and the Dead.
X. From the Yalu to Liao-Yang.

Illustrated with original photographs.

No index.

This collection has promise. Just picked it up at a library sale....

I enjoyed 30 of the 31 stories. They were corny yet enjoyable. The stories took place in the late 50's or early 60's when things were more innocent. It was a wholesome read.½

Interesting atlas produced as the world slipped into World War II. Conflict was already raging throughout Europe and Asia. This book seeks to reassure and maintain the official, comfortable boundaries and deny in so far as possible the reality of the war.