David Reynolds (2) (1952–)

Three volumes in one meticulous groundbreaking book which chart three facets of the American rise and parallel growth as an 'Empire of Liberty.' This book is not the sophisticated word clutter which histories usually tend to be. This is intended for the lay reader expressing an interest in the United States and its past. More prescient is the fact that Reynolds actually provides a comprehensive argument for why America became an Empire of Liberty rather than narrate tales now long rendered in the annals of history. A must read book for any historian studying the rise of the United States.… (mere)

Penetrative, comphrehensive snslysis and review of the process, decision makiing and response to Churchill's epic epistolary tour de force, "The History of World War Two". The author carefully and skillfully disects the methodolgy for creating this highly regarded series while providing an excellent historical perspective pf Churchils's very skilled crasfting of his version of history. As a conducter leads an orcestra, Churcill guided his "syndicate" to a work skillfully tuned to the subtleties and nuances of the the political world when the events occurred as well as that during the series genesis. Shifts of pespective and emphasis were tools used to support Churchill's vision of himself as the "man of the Century"… (mere)