15 best nonfiction books of 2011: CSMonitor picks

15 bests nonfiction titles of 2011, according to the Monitor's reviewers

4. "Moral Combat," by Michael Burleigh

In Moral Combat: Good and Evil in World War II (HarperCollins, 672 pp.), British historian Michael Burleigh offers a sweeping assessment of the ethical dilemmas posed by World War II, faced by everyone from world leaders to soldiers in foxholes. “This is a superb work of scholarship with fresh insights on nearly every page that will likely leave the reader asking hard and troubling questions long after finishing it,” wrote Monitor reviewer Terry Hartle. (CSMonitor.com, 4/21/11)

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