What They Didn't Teach You About World War II by Mike Wright

What They Didn't Teach You About World War II by Mike Wright

Packed with personal anecdotes and details you won't find anywhere else, this is the secret history of World War II.

"A fast-moving overview stuffed with interesting factoids and historical tidbits . . . Casual readers will find themselves carried along, and hardened military buffs will learn much that is new."-Library Journal

"It's almost guaranteed to make you so interested in the subject you'll want to learn . . . By including hundreds of interesting anecdotes and facts, Mike Wright not only piques our interest repeatedly, he also gives areal feel for the war era."-Manchester Journal Inquirer

"An excellent overview . . . with interesting chapters on spies, POWs, censorships, and the building of the atomic bomb . . . Wright's style is accessible."-The Post and Courier

Mike Wright is Professor of Operational Research at Lancaster University and has researched extensively in the area of OR in Sports since 1989. His main interests are: the practical implementations of sports timetabling and scheduling using complex metaheuristic methods; the analysis of tactics and strategy in sport; and the analysis of the potential and actual effects of changes in sporting rules and laws. He has published numerous papers in the area in a variety of top international academic journals, and presented papers at many international conferences. Mike has worked with the England and Wales Cricket Board since 1990, timetabling cricket fixtures and allocating umpires, and has done similar work for New Zealand Cricket, Basketball New Zealand, New Zealand Rugby Union, the Minor Counties Cricket Association, the Devon Cricket League, the Home Counties Cricket League and the ICC Cricket World Cups in 1999 and 2007.

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ISBN 13	9780891417231
ISBN 10	0891417230
Title	What They Didn't Teach You About World War II
Author	Mike Wright
Series	What They Didnt Teach You
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Presidio Press
Year published	2000-10-24
Number of pages	370
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