“The Darkest Year” by William K. Klingaman

I was interested to read “The Darkest Year” by William K. Klingaman in order to understand exactly what the American people endured and suffered during WWII.  Although this book provided a psychological study of the citizens of a nation of war, I found it very difficult to follow.  Also, my perception of what life might have been like during that time was totally destroyed.  I was under the impression that the citizens of the United States did everything possible to support their governments during this time.  I was mistaken.  The human conditions of greed, selfishness, and self-preservation to the detriment of others was prevalent in both countries.  My fairy-tale theories of this “romantic”, at least to me, time in history were dashed.  I did not finish this book because of that.  It made my love of historical WWII fiction seem childish and unreal.

I downloaded a Kindle copy of this book from NetGalley.com in return for my honest review.