# Who wrote these nonfiction books? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391 "2007-04-09T23:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/1 "2007-04-09T23:38:56Z")
I can only give a general outline. One book by the author stated that Germany was winning WW1 and would of won if America hadn’t joined. The second book concerned WW2. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/2 "2007-04-09T23:48:40Z")
That’s awful scanty to go on. Even for the SDMB. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/3 "2007-04-10T02:04:30Z")
John Keegan. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/4 "2007-05-18T18:55:12Z")
[QUOTE=DrFidelius] John Keegan. [/QUOTE] No, but thanks for the name; I enjoyed his The First World War. It wasn’t David Fromkin’s [Europe’s last summer : who started the Great War in 1914?](http://www.amazon.com/Europes-Last-Summer-Started-Great/dp/037572575X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-0889360-4048843?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1179513933&sr=1-2) although that book was even better. Found the author, John Mosier, by finding [The blitzkrieg myth : how Hitler and the Allies misread the strategic realities of World War II](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/104-4963241-3899128?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=The+blitzkrieg+myth+%3A+how+Hitler+and+the+Allies+misread+the+strategic+realities+of+World+War+II+%2F+John+Mosier.+&Go.x=9&Go.y=8&Go=Go), a most interesting read which belies most of what I learned about how WWII was won. The book I was looking for and lookinig forward to reading is: [The Myth of the Great War: A New Military History of World War I](http://www.amazon.com/Myth-Great-War-Military-History/dp/0060084332/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-0889360-4048843?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1179514216&sr=1-1) … ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/5 "2007-05-18T19:04:02Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] The second book concerned WW2. [/QUOTE] Anne Frank ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/6 "2007-05-18T19:09:04Z")
I did. I wrote both of them. The first one is called \*GERMAN WAS WINNING AND WOULD OF ONE IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR YOU MEDDLING AMERICANS: A WORLD WAR I COOKBOOK \* and the second one was _HITLER WASN’T SO BAD: A COLORING AND ACTIVITY BOOK FOR REVISIONIST BOYS & GIRLS_, but what I’m trying to figure out is how you knew about them since they never got published. GET OUT OF MY HEAD AND OR CLOSETS WILL REPAIR! (_Will Repair_- is that a Jewish name?) ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/7 "2007-05-18T19:29:54Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] Anne Frank [/QUOTE] ~—\> :dubious: [QUOTE=Sampiro] _Will Repair_- is that a Jewish name? [/QUOTE] I’ll have you know I’m a graduate of the _Robert Tilton School of Hands On Repair_. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/8 "2007-05-18T19:35:24Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] …The second book concerned WW2. [/QUOTE] Oh, that’s easy! There’ve been so few books written about that rather obscure conflict, after all. I’m sure the book you have in mind was… it was… um, could you maybe give us a _teeny little bit_ more detail? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/9 "2007-05-18T20:01:12Z")
John Hersey? Tom Brokaw? Elie Wiesel? How many books about World War II could there possibly be? Wait! I’m a librarian… The keywords “World War II” return 39,372 results in OCLC’s WorldCat. :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/10 "2007-05-18T20:09:32Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] The keywords “World War II” return 39,372 results in OCLC’s WorldCat. :eek: [/QUOTE] And the Library of Congress Subject Heading “World War, 1939-1945” yields a mere 290,628 records (174,420 of them for works in English) in WorldCat. The most popular author seems to be Stephen E. Ambrose, who’s written 111 books (or editions of books) on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/11 "2007-05-18T20:27:17Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] The second book concerned WW2. [/QUOTE] What color was it? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/12 "2007-05-18T21:13:47Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] The second book concerned WW2. [/QUOTE] Was it for it, or against it? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/13 "2007-05-19T05:05:27Z")
Did it mention Hitler? 'Cause that would _really_ narrow the field. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/14 "2007-05-19T14:03:38Z")
[QUOTE=Sal Ammoniac] What color was it? [/QUOTE] \ Every day, man. Every _day_. Alas, in this particular library there are only 157 books with the most generic subject heading of “World War, 1939-1945”. Perhaps it was a red book? A large book? A book with a picture of a man with a moustache on it? Perhaps you left your grocery receipt in it? Your bacon? ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/15 "2007-05-19T18:24:04Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] could you maybe give us a _teeny little bit_ more detail? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] Wait! I’m a librarian… [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Giles] And the Library of Congress Subject Heading “World War, 1939-1945” yields a mere 290,628 records [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Sal Ammoniac] What color was it? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Telemark] Was it for it, or against it? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Did it mention Hitler? 'Cause that would _really_ narrow the field. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Zsofia] Perhaps it was a red book? A large book? A book with a picture of a man with a moustache on it? Perhaps you left your grocery receipt in it? Your bacon? [/QUOTE] For the hard of reading: It’s listed in Post #4. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/16 "2007-05-19T18:32:58Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] For the hard of reading: It’s listed in Post #4. [/QUOTE] For the hard of reading, the LC subject heading “World War, 1939-1945” is, unsurprisingly, books about the _second_ one. Meaning your second book in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/17 "2007-05-19T18:45:10Z")
Unless you meant the _The Blitzkreig Myth_ book? In that case, carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-these-nonfiction-books/399391/18 "2007-05-19T18:56:05Z")
Wait a minute. According to Churchill, the first world war was between 1756-63, and the second was the 1797-1815 series of wars centering on post-Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, with national details (War of 1812, grito de Morales, Russo-Swedish conflict, etc.) tacked on. Only when capitalized do First and Second World War refer to the Germanocentric events of the first half of the 20th century. :)\_