[John Vasco]

A recent review on Amazon.co.uk.

Dr. Taylor's book is well-written and mostly a good read even if it wanders off into many directions; Poland, Norway, France etc before it comes to the Battle of Britain itself. This could possibly be seen as leading up to actions during the B of B, but have little to do with the real theme of the book. Neither has bomber operations over Germany later in the war. The final chapter 'Conclusions' reads like something one will find in the thesis for a degree at University. Very strange!
However, her quotations from letters, reports etc by wartime German personell are quite interesting. They often reveal that while some perhaps were 'good guys just like the boys in the RAF', others were definitely not. The quotes show the nazi mentality was undeniable in far too many of them, as it was in many German civilians.
Although the blurb focus on Taylor's use of primary sources, she also makes extensive use of secondary sources including books more than 30 years old. Errors from old published works are therefore recycled instead of Taylor 'researching primary sources' as claimed in the blurb. And that's where 'Eagle Days' fails in my opinion - I simply don't trust it, and as a source for future reference it is mostly useless.