“This is the book that deserves to be titled The Story of World War II…If you seek the book that best conveys the ‘you are there’ experience of history’s greatest conflict, you hold that book in your hands.”

“A major publishing event. Donald Miller’s additions to the original account are outstanding, and the total effect is one few readers will ever forget.”

“Whenever you do a film, there’s always a book that you want
in your hip pocket to settle all questions. The Story of World War II was
that book.”

“Donald Miller, himself an accomplished historian, amplifies Commager’s work with this substantially revised edition…Miller writes vividly of the key events…concentrating on the war through American eyes…and readers with an interest in World War II will learn much from its pages.” ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

“The extensive, moving testimonies by veterans of their brushes with death and terror humanize and vivify the described events.”

“In 1945, historian Henry Steele Commager wrote a magisterial work uniquely blending historical analysis with firsthand accounts of ordinary soldiers. The book was extraordinary, but Commager was constrained by the suffocating limits of wartime censorship. Commager admirer Miller…essentially created a new work, incorporating vast amounts of new information…The result is an engrossing and frequently stunning portrait of men in war…Many of his revelations are treasures…This work will be an essential element in collections on the history of World War II.”

“Beautifully done. Donald Miller has made combat, wherever it occurred in World War II, alive and immediate.”