This book was reviewed favorably in the WSJ, but I found it disappointing. As an avid reader of WWII non-fiction, I can say with confidence that the author makes some obvious errors in recounting historical events for 1942. For example, the fact about some Doolittle Raider aircraft being “downed in Japan” is wildly inaccurate. If this is wrong, what else is misleading due to sloppy research? Also, the author takes the reader on a strangely irrelevant detour by reviewing the contraception and abortion practices in the U.S. in 1942. To me, it seems a crude attempt to inject into the narrative an editorial supporting modern-day abortions to avoid the back-alley operations of 1942. The author, the editors, and the fact-checkers can do better than this.