World War II: An Encyclopedia of Quotations

Unmistakably a US production, this encyclopedia nevertheless valiantly strives to be international in scope although in some areas, it has to be said, it does not always succeed in hiding its place of origin. For example, if we were to rely on the introduction, we would believe that the Second World War was nothing more than the United States’ own “Great patriotic war”, an impression sustained and magnified by the 121 war movies listed (seven at most are British) and the 27 war songs, 22 American, 1 Russian, 1 German (Lili Marlene), and 3 British (There’ll Always Be An England,...