Barely worth listening

This is a recitation of facts and a few stories. Lots of authoritative information but not engaging at all.

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War in the Shadows

My Father was a US Army Air Force Spy during WWII. He was a 2Lt that lead a group of 31 men infiltrated onto a Japanese Occupied Philippine Island. They set up Radio Towers to intercept Japanese Communications. He was also to be on the Third Amphibious Wave onto Mainland Japan.

He told his children that had not the US dropped the Atomic Bombs on Japan. The US casualty rates predicted for the first three Waves if Amphibious Assualts were determined to be very very high. He told his children that he assumed he would not survive. And, therefore we would never have existed.

I am a grandfather myself. I served in the USAF for 29 years as an Intercontinental Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Launch Control Officer that was tasked to launch Nuclear armed Missiles in the event of a Nuclear War. I was also a Fighter Pilot.

Much of my own military service was during the Cold War. This book provided me context has to what my Father did through his 25 years of military service and mine that followed. It also opened my eyes to the Secret War of WWII that then followed into the Cold War. This is very interesting to me because I understand the context of the Cold War more now after reading this book than when I was in it.

And, consequently, I understand more now about what my Father and I performed in service for our Country (US) after reading (listening to it on Audible) than I did at the time of my military service.

Powerful and Well researched historically

I have read many historical accounts of the different aspects of WWII. This one is outstanding in it's integrity and detail. It was clear that the author was committed to telling the truth, even when that truth revealed some unpleasant stories that implicated various members of the elite leaders among the allies in behavior that is surprising to those who have only been exposed to the "Hollywood" version of these events. There were also many wonderful stories of the heroism of the ordinary men and women who fought in the resistance movements. It starts slow but then becomes absolutely fascinating. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

well done

A lot of interesting information about WWII. Many things that I didn't know, a few things I did. Underscores the importance of secrets and covert operations that have timely implications in today's struggles against terror organizations.