we want to learn more abt that period, especially ww2 (more as a hobby than for anything serious) but:
a) were bad at reading like, high-level/academic/dense stuff
b) most of the easy-to-read pop stuff is shit
so were looking for good works kinda in the middle, that have good or at least decent factual rigor but arent a slog to read. for a reference point, Richard Evans' 3rd reich trilogy felt easy enough to read and comprehend
not rly looking for memoirs or then-contemporary works/accounts, theres a million lists for those we can look at for suggestions
interwar stuff 100% included in scope
leftist/communist bent is good but absolutely not mandatory, but not looking for like, polemics (nothing wrong w polemics its just not very much what were looking for)
I'm really glad you posted this because I hadn't seen it, and I didn't know Neville Roy Singham had written a book!
sorry OP pooped on your comment I am glad you did though