Origins of the Second World War in Europe

Name: Origins of the Second World War in Europe
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ISBN: 9781405840286

ISBN-10: 1405840285

ISBN-13: 9781405840286

Edition: 3rd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: P. M. H. Bell

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PMH Bell's famous book is a comprehensive study of the period and debates surrounding the European origins of the Second World War. He approaches the subject from three different angles: describing the various explanations that have been offered for the war and the historiographical debates that have arisen from them, analysing the ideological, economic and strategic forces at work in Europe during the 1930s, and tracing the course of events from peace in 1932, via the initial outbreak of hostilities in 1939, through to the climactic German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 which marked the descent into general conflict. Written in a lucid, accessible style, this is an indispensable guide…

Book details

List price: $62.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 4/26/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Chronology



Introduction: Problems of Interpretation



On War and the Causes of War



A Thirty Years War? The Disintegration of Europe



The Case Against a Thirty Years War: The Restoration of Europe



History and Historians



The Underlying Forces: The Role of Ideology



Italian Fascism



German Nazism



Parliamentary Democracy: France and Britain



Soviet Communism Economic Issues and the Coming of War



The Great Depression and International Relations



Economic Problems and the Coming of War The Role of Strategy and Armed Force



Armed Forces, Strategy and Foreign Policy (1): France and Britain



Armed Forces, Strategy and Foreign Policy (2): Italy, Germany and the Soviet Union



The Coming of War 1932-1941



From Peace to the Eve of War, 1932-1937



War postponed, 1938



Decisions for War, 1939



The Expanding War, 1939-1940



Germany and the Soviet Union, 1940-1941


Conclusion


Whos Who


Bibliography