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Summary: Interesting book, but FULL of errors
Review: I bought this book based on the title and was very intrigued by it, but then... I started to notice errors. Once I started noticing the errors, I noticed more and more... ... The errors wereblatant (Bismarck is called a pocket battleship in five entries), some are simple typos in name. The most frequent errors are in dates, especially those surrounding Stalingrad and the Bismarck Hunt.I have compiled them into a document to send to the publisher. There are 123 errors, 15 internal contradictions, 31 questionable items, and I added on for good measure 80 updates and additions. That means at least 150 errors. While I am not saying the book is bad (it contains many, many interesting tidbits and stories), the sheer magnitude of errors is irresponsible in my opinion, and reason to pause before buying.
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Summary: Interesting book, but FULL of errors
Review: I bought this book based on the title and was very intrigued by it, but then... I started to notice errors. Once I started noticing the errors, I noticed more and more... I ended up compiling them, and will post on my homepage once my provider fixes their service to permit me to update it. homepages.address.com/atadkins under my page (tom) and then on a subpage. (I can't give direct link since it isn't working yet) The errors were blatant (Bismarck is called a pocket battleship in five entries), some are simple typos in name. The most frequent errors are in dates, especially those surrounding Stalingrad and the Bismarck Hunt. I have compiled them into a document to send to the publisher. There are 123 errors, 15 internal contradictions, 31 questionable items, and I added on for good measure 80 updates and additions. That means at least 150 errors. While I am not saying the book is bad (it contains many, many interesting tidbits and stories), the sheer magnitude of errors is irresponsible in my opinion, and reason to pause before buying.
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Summary: Not worth the paper its printed on.
Review: I'd rate this a zero except that the system won't allow it.
"Strange and Fascinating Facts" - my wife gave it to me for my birthday since I'm a WWII historian and the title sounds good.
It's laid out alphabetically like a dictionary. As such when they got to the V's it appears the authors needed filler; so we have "Van Dyke, Dick" a comedian actor who spent two years in the "Army Air Force" (sic) in WWII. This is an example of their idea of a "strange" and/or "fascinating" fact. Doesn't even say where he was or what he did. Now if it said something like he was a waist gunner on a B-17 and flew 23 missions over Germany then maybe (?) it could qualify for being fascinating.
Please don't waste your money; I'm sorry my wife wasted ours.
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Summary: Bad
Review: This book is a waste of money. Not only does it contain numerous spelling errors, it also is historically inaccurate in several passages which leads me to be suspicious of the accuracy of the rest of the book. Although some of the "facts" may seem interesting, the factual errors are too numerous to count.
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Summary: NOT AN ORDINARY BOOK!
Review: This book is an auxillary-dictionary for World War II researchers. Although it is not sufficient alone, it supports researchers' fast-reading demands about the Second World War entries. Entries in the book were selected prior to less known facts. All facts have short and brief descriptions. Subjects are consist of biography (military, political, scientific, etc.), technology, abbreviations, operations, weapons, basic command structures, intelligence services and more... Authors had also added movies about the Second World War in which you can find according to the name of the movie as well as who played whom related to the biographic subject. On the other hand, there are few weapons that used in the war. There are not enough details of weapons either. Also addition of political biographies from the independent countries could be better.
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Summary: Light Reading
Review: This is a fun book just to flip though. I did notice a few errors but I do not think my knowledge of the events would rate as expert enough to come up with 130. The Penguin dictionary of the third Reich is better. Get this book for what it is, a time killer or help with trivial pursuit.
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Summary: Light Reading
Review: This is a fun book just to flip though. I did notice a few errors but I do not think my knowledge of the events would rate as expert enough to come up with 130. The Penguin dictionary of the third Reich is better. Get this book for what it is, a time killer or help with trivial pursuit.
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