Reviews for Sergeant Nibley, PHD

The average rating for Sergeant Nibley, PHD based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-05-22 00:00:00 Dick Turpin An interesting read for sure, not just for insight about Nibley but about WWII as well.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-09-15 00:00:00 DRL HASS DLLH In spite of my rabid interest in WW2, this was a difficult read. He and his son collaborated on the sharing of his stories of his unique experiences in WW2, but like Nibley, the telling is enigmatic. Names and places are presented with little to no background. Sequence of events were hard for me to follow. BUT in spite of the difficulty with style and presentation, his bird's eye view of the landing at Normandy may be unequaled. Having been raised by an U.S. Army officer, I especially appreciated Nibley's take on the ego and stupidity of commanding officers, including those bigwigs who were in charge. His scathing reviews of the U.S. and British generals helps make this worth the reading. Another unique fact detailed in these memoirs is that Nibley served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a 17 year old in Germany and then returned there in his early 30's (after having earned a Ph.D.) to work in Intelligence (of which there appeared to have been an absence) during WW2. Lots of fascinating correlations between those two events in his life. Quite the undertaking by his son and I admire him for that!