Are these good books to get for an thorough overview of the topics they focus on?

by MMSTINGRAY

Stalingrad by Antony Beevor, Forgotten Voices of Burma by Julian Thompson and Battle for teh Flaklands by Max Hastings and Simon Jenkins.

Bernardito

Julian Thompson's 'Forgotten Voices from Burma' is a collection of oral accounts from the Burma campaign 1942-45. It's good if you're looking for first hand account of the fighting but the context provided is minimal and the work is far from thorough. It omits a lot to focus exclusively on the accounts.

tiredstars

Whenever anyone asks a question about the Falklands here, Battle for the Falklands seems to be the only book on the subject anyone has read. Not sure whether that's a good sign of quality?

Personally I thought it was a good account of the conflict, giving a balanced view of the political and military sides of the conflict. Despite the limitations on information available about the Argentine side, I liked the contrasting pictures of political and decision-making processes in the two countries. The only thing I really wished there was more of that a more modern account might include was information from the Argentine point of view. Although the book was written shortly after the conflict, it doesn't seem like the history has been significantly revised since its publication.