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Originally Posted by Jim Oxley
One has to wonder just what has been left out of "The Luftwaffe: A Complete History". After all it's only 304 pages. Hooton's two earlier books each were larger than this.....
Phoenix Triumphant: The Rise and Rise of the Luftwaffe, 368 pages.
Eagle in Flames Defeat of the Luftwaffe: The Fall of the Luftwaffe, 384 pages.
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You are right, I was surprised by this myself when I got the 2010 the edition. A substantial part of the difference is due to the small font of the new book, which I found quite unpleasant. The rest is primarily a thinning out of the Western front chapters, presumably because Ted Hooton thought this information was adequately covered by other titles.
The basic statistics of the book are as follows: the main text takes up 236 pages divided into 10 chapters, extensive endnotes cover 23 pages and a list of sources another 19 pages. There are 52 tables in the book.
Have you seen Mr. Hooton's book about the First World War, by the way?
Paul Thompson