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If history really belongs to the victor, what goes on when there's more than one side declaring victory? That is the conundrum Norman Davies unravels in his groundbreaking book No Simple Victory. Far from being a revisionist history, No Simple Victory instead offers a clear-eyed reappraisal, untangling and setting right the disparate claims created by America, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union in order to get at the startling truth. In detailing the clash of political philosophies that drove the war's savage engine, Davies also examines how factors as diverse as technology, economics, and morale played dynamic roles in shaping battles, along with the unsung yet essential help of Poland, Greece, and the Ukraine (which suffered the best range of casualties). Even though the Allies resorted to bombing enemy civilians to sow terror, the most damning condemnation is saved for the Soviet Union, whose glossed-over war crimes against British soldiers and its particular people prove that Communism and Nazism were two sides of the same brutal coin. No Simple Victory can be an unparalleled work that will fascinate not only history buffs but anyone who's thinking about discovering the truth behind what Davies identifies as "the frozen perspective of the winners' history."
