Churchill's Folly : Leros and the Aegean - The Last Great British Defeat of World War Two (Cassell Military Trade Books)

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Summary: Boring account of an interesting campaing
Review: I am sure this makes a perfect scientific book on the east Aegean campaign. Having said that, for the normal history buff, this book has very little to offer. I mean here we have a book describing unique fights involving difficult terrain, German Brandenburg coastal rangers (Kustjäger commandos), German parachute troops, troops of the legendary Long Range Desert Group as well as the Special Boat Service...and it is still boring. The maps are poor and the descriptions of battles mainly involve boring lists of names and platoons of the relevant platoons, companies etc. To summarize: great topic, great research, poor maps and above all, very boring presentation. I do understand the disctinction between academic books on historical events and eyewitness accounts and the like...but this is just too boring for the normal reader.

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Summary: An Aegean Adventure
Review: Mr Rogers sailed into unchartered waters when he sought to piece together the history of that forgotten war. Yet his account of the war in the Aegean islands is as accurate as you can get. With his characteristic flair for detail Mr Rogers managed to present the facts as they were without resorting to dramatic licence.