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Title: Duel for the Sky: 10 Crucial Air Battles of World War 2 Vividly Recreated by Shores, Christopher Shores ISBN: 1-898697-99-X Publisher: Grub Street Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.99

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)

Rating: 2
Summary: Mostly an order of battle list
Comment: Not quite the book I thought it would be. The descriptions of the battles are mostly a order of battle (units involved etc.). Although very complete in that way and probably more accurate than many accounts, it does not make for very good reading. There are some insights as far as claims on both sides and what units were involved, but no first person stories and little overall evaluation and conclusion. Description of aircraft is also pretty light, and does not include pictures or drawings of all aircraft (would be useful for some of the more uncommon aircraft).

If you are interested in units involved and numbers etc., I would suggest this book. If you want interesting stories and reading or want some evaluation and insight (other than numbers) on the subject I would not suggest this book.

Rating: 4
Summary: how the air battles were actually fought
Comment: Christopher Shores is the leading British military-aviation historian. Here he puts his research skills into re-creating the original Blitzkreig against Poland, the Battle of Britain, and other epochal campaigns of WWII. (Not the Battle of Midway, alas.) Shores uses documents from both sides, and he is nothign if not thorough, so his text can sometimes be hard to follow. Four-color paintings, tables of organization, and sidebars about pilots and planes help make the reader's task easier. One of the consistent findings is how enthusiastically fighter pilots from all air forces exaggerated their victories.