M.J. Harper

Superficially intriguing, but ultimately a silly, pompous, book.

I hope it's an elaborate in-joke about how easy it is to write this kind of pseudo-academic "revisionist" drivel. If not, the straw man arguments Harper constructs are easily and comprehensively demolished by people who understand the linguistics or (pre)history at question.

Beginning with the run up to the war and a re-evaluation of the policies of the major participants, the author has convincing reasons for the early successes of Germany and Japan and for their ultimate failure. The scope is wider though....attitudes are as much in the firing line as military targets. History books tend to be biased, understandably perhaps, but here everyone comes under fair, often hilarious,scrutiny. Highly recommended for general readers and military history buffs alike.

An utterly hilarious and enlightening attack on paradigms, doctrines and science. Yes it's informative but it's massively entertaining. A rampant epistemological bull in a shop of very fragile china - this is a great way to learn how to critically evaluate and challenge all you've been told to believe.