Author: Written by C.L. Sulzberger (journalist, diarist, and foreign correspondent).
Editor: Edited by David G. McCullough (pulitzer-winning historian).
First Published: 1966 by American Heritage Publishing Co.
Length & Format: 640 pages
Visual Archive: Features over 720 illustrations, including period photographs, wartime art, political caricatures (such as works by Arthur Szyk), and detailed battle maps.
Perspectives: Integrates a narrative overview of the war's theaters—from the Blitzkrieg and Pacific counterattacks to the home front—supplemented by eyewitness accounts and primary reports.
