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On Bookmarks Magazine Jan/Feb 2006 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.0 out of 5) based on critic reviews with the critical summary stating, "Trans-Atlantic biases and assumptions aside, it’s clear that Judt has written the book on Europe, for the moment at least".
The book won the 1989 Iowa Books for Young Adults Poll. [3] A May 1985 review published in the Wausau Daily Herald by Alice Hornbacker described the subject-matter of the book as "scary and morbid", but also as offering young readers afraid of nuclear war not only an opportunity to "sort out their unspoken fears, but articulate and share them as well". [4]
Berlin: The Downfall 1945 (also known as The Fall of Berlin 1945 in the US) is a narrative history by Antony Beevor of the Battle of Berlin during World War II. It was published by Viking Press in 2002, then later by Penguin Books in 2003. The book achieved both critical and commercial success.
Joe Streckert of the Portland Mercury, described the book as an action-filled and imaginative take on a future splintered America. Streckert stated the novel's use of familiar character archetypes in an unconventional setting, along with its fast-paced narrative and vivid depiction of a post-civil war United States, was praised. Streckert also ...
It is a fictional account of the authors travelling across the U.S. five years after a limited nuclear attack in order to assess how the nation has changed after the war. [2] The novel takes the form of a first-person narrative research article [3] and includes government documents, interviews with survivors and aid workers, and present-tense ...
Other Losses is a 1989 book by Canadian writer James Bacque, which makes the claim that U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower intentionally caused the deaths by starvation or exposure of around a million German prisoners of war held in Western internment camps after the Second World War.
After the War may refer to: After the War, a 1989 British TV miniseries written by Frederic Raphael based on his novel; After the War, a 2017 French film; After the War (Gary Moore album), 1989; After the War, a 1997 novel by Carol Matas; After the War, a 1989 video game; After the War (Mono Inc. album) After the war, a World War I song
Ultimately, Churchill wanted the United States to be engaged in European affairs after the war as a counterweight to the Soviet Union, and it was the fear that an American "Asia First" strategy would cause the Americans to lose interest in Europe after the war that led Churchill to go on with Operation Overlord. [202]