An interesting book full of little bits and pieces that even an avid reader of more modern accounts found new, it is nonetheless a somewhat strangely balanced book to European eyes. A significant part is devoted to operations around Greenland, for example, whereas there is relatively little about the invasion of Normandy, indeed Torch seems to figure more prominently, possibly as it was America's first such operation. Whilst acknowledging the maxim about logistics, it remains strange to read a book where the accounts of getting landing craft to assist in crossing the Rhine trained and in position take up more space than the "action". This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I sometimes found myself almost thinking "Is that it?" when the segment finished. ( )