World War II: The Rest of the Story and How It Affects You Today : 1930 to September 11, 2001. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.World War II: The Rest of the Story and How It Affects You Today : 1930 to September 11, 2001

Examines the causes, events, and effects of World War II, focusing on how they led to future wars, including the twenty-first century "war on terrorism."

Grade 9 Up-Organizing the book as a series of letters to "Chris" from his "Uncle Eric," Maybury opens with a discussion that places the evil of the Holocaust into a larger perspective of the genocide practiced by Joseph Stalin, Chiang Kai-Shek, and the colonial powers of the Old World. He concludes that Hitler was no worse than many of the others and that the Holocaust is publicized as "justification for Jews to have a Jewish state." He further claims that Roosevelt forced Japan into launching the attack on Pearl Harbor, explaining, "even a rabbit will fight if cornered," and suggests that Truman dropped the atomic bomb to intimidate the Soviet Union. He makes numerous other outrageous claims, which he supports with historical scholarship that is questionable at best, before concluding with analysis that the war against Hitler and the post-war U.S. policy of preventing another Hitler is the "root cause" of the September 11th attacks. Although he does present some useful information about the military and economic strengths of the Allied and Axis countries, this book is less an overview of World War II than a polemic about the evils of government action and the corruption of the Old World.
Mary Mueller, Rolla Junior High School, MO
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