The War of Empires: A Review of Paul Chamberlin’s Scorched Earth

The War of Empires: A Review of Paul Chamberlin’s Scorched Earth

Paul Chamberlin’s masterful new book, Scorched Earth: A Global History of World War II, is a vitally important work that fundamentally reframes our understanding of the twentieth century’s most devastating conflict. It meticulously dismantles the comfortable and enduring narrative of a simple “good versus evil” struggle, replacing it with a more complex and unsettling truth: […]