A compendium of the most important books on the largest, bloodiest, most complex war in human history, from Churchill's The Second World War to John Ellis's Brute Force and from William L. Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich to John Toland's The Last Hundred Days. In addition to books that give a larger picture of the War, Dunnigan also explores the volumes that address specific aspects of the war like The War in Europe and The Middle East; Russia's involvement in the war; and The War in the Pacific. Each selection is explained, described and ranked.