THE BATTLE FOR BERLIN by John Strawson. (8 3/4" x 5 3/4"; 182 p8ges; 29 photographs; 7 maps. B.T.Batsford Ltd. £ 2.60) Written by a soldier with a long war record, now Chief-of-Staff to H.Q. United Kingdom Land Foroes, this book has a much wider scope then its title might suggest. The author approaches the subject matter very ably so that the word FOR rather than OF in the title is a critical key to the book. John Strawson concentrates on the political/military strategy aspects of the closing phases of the war in lucid fashion and, as a summary of the overall strategic situation and course of the war throughout 1945, this book is concise and most interesting. The maps and liberal distribution of photographs well illustrate the text. The occasional short personal accounts of the situation at "the front" appear a trifle incongruous when compared to the rest of the text, particularly to those with a definite slant of interest towards the purely military aspects of this stage of the war. More Book Reviews Practical Wargaming Napoleonic Wargaming Military Modelling The Battle for Berlin Rules for Wargaming: Napoleonic Warfare Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 153 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1974 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com