\'Excellent\' Antony Beevor From award-winning historian Saul David , an action-packed and powerful new narrative of the Battle of Okinawa - the Last Great clash of the Second World War, and one that had profound consequences for the modern world.. \'Excellent\' Antony Beevor From award-winning historian Saul David , an action-packed and powerful new narrative of the Battle of Okinawa - the Last Great clash of the Second World War, and one that had profound consequences for the modern world.