Hanson W. Baldwin Book order
March 22, 1903 – November 13, 1991
Hanson Weightman Baldwin was the longtime Military Analyst of The New York Times, earning a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the early days of the Second World War. Throughout his extensive career, he authored and edited numerous books, predominantly focusing on politico-military history.
- 1991
- 1978
- 1966
Battles Lost and Won: Great Campaigns of World War II
- 532 pages
- 19 hours of reading
In Battles Lost & Great Campaigns of World War II, military editor and analyst of the New York Times, Hanson Baldwin evaluates eleven crucial battles, describing what happened in each and why. In the words of the author, "each [of these battles] was an entity; many were a turning point; upon some the scales of history rested." The battles analyzed are the Polish campaign, the battle of Britain, the invasion of Crete, the fall of Corregidor, Stalingrad, the Sicilian campaign, Tarawa, the invasion of Normandy, Leyte Gulf, the battle of the Bulge and Okinawa.
