Book recommendation?

by Alexander_Columbus

This is a two parter. My new girlfriend has a master's degree in history. Her focus is WWII (both the European and Pacific conflicts). Topic for discussion/question for you good folks:

  1. Are there any must read history books that have been published in the last year? I'd love to surprise her with something she might not have read yet. She's been out of academia for a while and isn't up on the most current books.
  2. I sincerely want to get excited about history. I am entertained by documentaries about WWII. What should I be reading?
Kugelfang52

I just picked up and am excited about reading Implacable Foes. It is an account of the last year and a half of the Pacific War. Outside my field, but seems to be quite notable and was published last June.

Older (2012) , but if she doesn't have The End by Ian Kershaw, that is a good one.