A Hard Way to Make a War: The Italian Campaign in the Second World War

Only here were the Western Powers engaging Hitler's ground forces and providing a sort of second front to keep Stalin half-way happy, while maybe helping the future Overlord by keeping some potential defenders away from France. The author employs a useful device in expounding the "voice of experience," telling lessons learned at key points in the story. The pictures are above-average in the action shots shown (though there are also a few of the obligatory ones of the Brass), but the six maps seem a bare minimum for the ground and action covered.