PositiveThe Dallas Morning News\"No one has done more to put Crosby in the proper context than veteran music writer Gary Giddins ... Giddins is back with a strong round two, Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star: The War Years, 1940-1946. He used the time well: Over nearly 600 pages, he dives into hundreds of recordings, dozens of films, family tangles and financial details. It\'s perhaps daunting to a more casual reader but a treat for any Hollywood history obsessive ... The book stumbles for a stopping point ... Overall, it\'s enough to make you eager for the third installment — and hope the next one takes much fewer than 17 years.\