by Baker, Nicholson
It has always been impressed upon me that World War II was inevitable. Hitler was bad and if it hadn't had been for Churchill and Roosevelt and the sacrifices of the 'greatest generation' then we would all be speaking German now. What Baker shows, in vignettes written in a journalistic style, is the folly of that belief. There were many opportunities to stop the war from spreading in 1940 and 1941. What intrigues is that it may have been possible to avoid the horrors of the Holocaust if the goal of the allies was humanitarian and not total warfare. Imagine that, lives saved by avoiding war. This book forces you to question every thing you know about World War II. For that reason alone it deserves to be read.
- reviewed by Ed, Morrison Regional, PLCMC

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by Baker, Nicholson
It has always been impressed upon me that World War II was inevitable. Hitler was bad and if it hadn't had been for Churchill and Roosevelt and the sacrifices of the 'greatest generation' then we would all be speaking German now. What Baker shows, in vignettes written in a journalistic style, is the folly of that belief. There were many opportunities to stop the war from spreading in 1940 and 1941. What intrigues is that it may have been possible to avoid the horrors of the Holocaust if the goal of the allies was humanitarian and not total warfare. Imagine that, lives saved by avoiding war. This book forces you to question every thing you know about World War II. For that reason alone it deserves to be read.
- reviewed by Ed, Morrison Regional, PLCMC

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