Robert A. Forczyk Author of Panther vs. T-34 and Moscow 1941
"Mercatante's study challenges today's conventional wisdom and is likely to change readers' perceptions regarding how and why Germany lost a war that, as he clearly demonstrates, Hitler came dangerously close to winning."
Dennis E Showalter
"This provocative work presents a controversial thesis: Nazi Germany lost World War II because the Werhrmacht lost much of its qualitative advantage over the Allies. Mercatante’s arguments and conclusions are certain to be debated. They are too well supported to be ignored."
Robert Kirchubel
"Do not be deceived by the book’s title: Why Germany Nearly Won is really a fact-filled history of the Wehrmacht’s land campaigns during World War II."
Roman J. Jarymowycz
"Entertaining, informative, easy to read; a good book that moves at a brisk pace and is full of spirited discussion."
Richard L. DiNardo
"By taking a holistic look at the German war effort, Mercatante provides a fresh perspective to an oft studied subject."
Robert M. Citino
"Mercatante knows the current literature on the German army as well as anyone and offers a new interpretation of Operation Barbarossa (usually seen as the great German blunder of the war) as, in fact, Germany's last and best hope actually to win the war."