Sunday 21 August 2011

Currently Reading: Nemesis

Change of pace as I switch into Nemesis: The Battle For Japan 1944-1945 - a fascinating if grim and occasionally eye-popping account of the last days of the Pacific war.

Max Hasting, a man I would cheerfully strangle (politically speaking) is a superb historian capable of coupling proper scholarship and objectivity to a clear and entertaining prose style.

2 comments:

ABrazier said...

Agreed! Nemesis is an excellent overview of the end of the war in the Pacific with much interesting detail.

whitehound said...

In person, however, he's a posy bastard who used to stride around the offices of The Daily Telegraph slapping a horsewhip against his leather riding boots.