1941: Our Lives in a World on the Edge

This excellent book covers some of the same territory as The Borrowed Years 1938-1941: America on the Way to War, by Richard m. Ketchum, a really great book also. But this book is mainly limited to 1941 and while it is mostly based on rather ordinary secondary sources, I found it a great book to read. Most of the book discusses war, but other events are also covered: Virginia Woolf's suicide, Whirlaway's triple crown, Joe DeMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, Ted Williams'.400 plus batting average, Mickey Owen's passed ball, etc. Though I lived through all the time, I found the events on Yugoslavia, Greece, and Crete took on new clarity from my reading of this book. While this is journalistic history, not academic history, I found the book a sheer joy.