Second World War A Short History

Name: Second World War A Short History
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ISBN: 9780192802071

ISBN-10: 0192802070

ISBN-13: 9780192802071

Edition: 3rd 2001

Authors: R. A. C. Parker

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The Second World War is a compact but comprehensive and absorbing history of the war. It examines the causes of the war, how it was won and lost, and its far-reaching consequences for humanity. In tracing the key events of both the European and the Far Eastern wars, R. A. C. Parker outlines clearly the strategies of the participants, the economies and societies that underlay them, and the strengths and weaknesses of their fighting forces. He describes the decisive battles and analyses the reasons for their outcome, paying close attention to special features of the war: mobile warfare, forced migration, the Holocaust, strategic and nuclear bombing. Unlike many other histories of the war this…

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List price: $19.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/21/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



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Hitler, Germany, and the origins of the European war



German conquest of Poland, Norway, the Low Countries, and France



Britain alone



Operation Barbarossa: the German attack on the Soviet Union



The United States enters the war: the origins of the Japanese attack



Japanese victories and disappointments: December 1941 to August 1942



The end of German expansion: the Atlantic, North Africa, and Russia, 1942-1943



Anglo-American strategies for victory



Economies at war



Strategic bombing



Morale



Driving back the Germans: North Africa, Italy, and Russia



D-Day and victory in Europe



The defeat of Japan and the atom bomb



From war to peace: Anglo-American relations



From alliance to Cold War: the Soviet Union and the West



The impact of war: the murder of the European Jews



The impact of war: casualties, crisis, and change


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