Allies in War Britain and America Against the Axis Powers, 1940-1945

Name: Allies in War Britain and America Against the Axis Powers, 1940-1945
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ISBN: 9780340720264

ISBN-10: 0340720263

ISBN-13: 9780340720264

Edition: 2005

Authors: Mark Stoler

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Allies in War offers a complete diplomatic and military history of the Second World War, as it was fought by the United States and Britain. Award-winning historian Mark Stoler examines the war these two powers fought in the European and Far Eastern theatres against Germany, Italy and Japan and the nature of the Churchill-Roosevelt "special relationship." Stoler emphasizes the unprecedented co-operation between Britain and the USA but also undermines the standard Churchillian view of the essential smoothness of this process. There were many, often substantial, disagreements between the two allies, and occasionally formal agreement masked continuing dispute in practice. This is a fully…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Hodder Education Group
Publication date: 3/23/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Maps


Abbreviations


Code Names


General Editor's Preface


Preface



Axis Threat and Alliance Forming



The Alliance Formed and the Globalization of the War, 1940-1941



The Anglo-American Muster Against the Axis



Military Disasters and Disputes over Grand Strategy, December 1941-July/August 1942



Turning the Tide, July/August 1942-January 1943



Aspects and Impacts of Total War: the Irregular, Intelligence, Naval and Air Wars



Seizing the Initiative and Redefining the Coalition, January-November 1943



Military Successes and Early Post-war Planning, December 1943-September 1944



Alliance Problems and the Deferral of Victory, September 1944-January 1945



Final Victory and the Changing of the Guard, February-September 1945



Aftermath, Consequences and Conclusions


Notes


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Index