If you get a chance check out a book by Antony Beevor called Stalingrad. It came out years ago but it still one of the best history books that I've ever read.
Also it's quite a different area of history than what you've been reading lately. He also has another book about D-Day if you're interested in that as well.
I finished Stalingrad and am currently reading Crete and they are two of the best history books I've ever read.
Apparently everything he's done is just as good (a friend highly recommends Berlin but apparently it's as draining as Stalingrad, which was incredibly harrowing to read so I'm going to let a bit of time pass).
Stalingrad, by Anthony Beevor.
http://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-Anthony-Beevor/dp/0140249850/
Had me nearly crying in impotent rage in the middle of a transatlantic flight.
If you get a chance check out a book by Antony Beevor called Stalingrad. It came out years ago but it still one of the best history books that I've ever read.
Also it's quite a different area of history than what you've been reading lately. He also has another book about D-Day if you're interested in that as well.
Anything by Anthony Beevor.
I finished Stalingrad and am currently reading Crete and they are two of the best history books I've ever read.
Apparently everything he's done is just as good (a friend highly recommends Berlin but apparently it's as draining as Stalingrad, which was incredibly harrowing to read so I'm going to let a bit of time pass).
Buy and read this then.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stalingrad-Antony-Beevor/dp/0140249850
Its actually worse than you think.