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Article: Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El Alamein.(Book review)
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- December 22, 2006
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Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El Alamein. By Niall Barr. (Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook, 2005. Pp. xliii, 531. $35.00.)
The Battle of El Alamein has attracted the recent attention of a number of military writers from the British Commonwealth. Readers with time for only one would do well to turn to this volume. Niall Barr combines extensive archival research, command of published sources, and mastery of operational analysis in what is clearly the best book to date on a battle that remains as controversial as it is complex.
Part of the work's strength is its perspective. Instead of focusing on the well-known October battle, Barr begins with the initial ...