World War II in Global Perspective, 1931-1953: A Short History

ISBN-13: 9781119366096 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 264 str.

Andrew Buchanan; Catherine A. Epstein

Recenzje

"This [text] is [a] considerable achievement...Buchanan has successfully produced a 'grand narrative' account of the complex, multi-faceted, and truly global period we persist in calling the 'Second World War.'...It is a master-class of information management and writing with concision and clarity." - Ashley Jackson, Professor of Imperial and Military History, King's College London"This lively, synthetic account of World War II as a global war...brings forth a wealth of engaging detail, brims with moments of revelation, and distinguishes itself by digesting the macrocosmic stakes of the war, while also moving past the major powers and battles into the texture of the war as it unfolded in a variety of nations and colonies, from Finland to Libya, Brazil to India, [and] Algeria to Belgrade." - Andrew Friedman, Associate Professor of History, Haverford College

Spis treści

List of Illustrations ixAcknowledgments xiIntroduction 11 The Crisis of the Old World Order 72 The Great Depression and the Opening Guns of World War II 213 1940: Axis Victories and New Strategic Choices 434 1941-1942: Axis Flood Tide 655 1942-1943: Turning Points 876 War Economies 1077 1943: Total War and the Emerging Contours of the Postwar World 1338 1944: The Allies March Towards Victory 1559 1945: The War Ends, Fighting Continues 18110 War and Postwar, 1945-1953 201Epilogue 227Index 231