The Good Fight : How World War II Was Won
Packed with photos (color and black-and-white), maps, personal stories, and concise, readable  descriptions of the major events of World War II, bestselling author Stephen E. Ambrose'sThe Good  Fightis a stunning resource for students of history. Though this horrific war has been written about  innumerable times over the last half-century, this chronicle for young readers (14 and older) is one of the  most vivid, insightful, and straightforward perspectives around. Ambrose pulls no punches. In the first  paragraph of his introduction, he reminds us that "more people were killed, more houses, apartment  buildings, factories, bridges, and other works of man were destroyed than ever before or since." From Hitler's  rise to power to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor to the air war over Europe to the War Crimes Trials, the major  events of the war are thoughtfully examined and depicted.Each chapter features one of the most important campaigns, players, situations, or battles, with a full-page,  often chilling photograph covering half the two-page spread and inset photos on the narrative page as well.  Quick Facts boxes appear in every chapter to highlight interesting and relevant details. Large campaign and  battlefield maps are interspersed throughout. Readers will come away with a painfully real sense of what life  was like in the 1930s and '40s for the soldiers, families, women workers (Rosie the Riveter is included, of  course), heroes, and victims of this most devastating, cruel war. (Ages 14 and older)--Emilie Coulter