Schock-Wave

War is hell on the homefront too. So sang a talented country music star about the Second World War decades after its conclusion. This was perhaps nowhere truer than in the events recounted in this book.

Historians attest that World War Two was the biggest event in all of human history. Most of it was fought in North Africa, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. But at some point, every continent save Antarctica saw some form of combat. Though protected by two large oceans, North America was no except...