Full Description
World War II defined the 20th century and shaped the contemporary world; from the decolonization of Africa to the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. This comprehensive series, edited by one of the worlds leading military historians, offers a focused overview of this complex and volatile era, taking into account the political, economic and social factors, as well as military circumstances of the road to war and its consequences. Augmented by a full length and detailed introduction by the editor, each volume gathers together the seminal articles on specific arenas of the war, providing a convenient and elegant tool for researchers and general readers alike.
Contents
Concepts of causation in A.J.P. Taylor's Account of the Origins of the Second World War, W.H. Dray (1978); The origins of World War II in Europe: British deterrence failure and German expansionism, Jeffrey Hughes (1988); A Thirty Years' War? The two World Wars in historical perspective, M. Howard (1993); Saving the league: V.K. Wellington Koo, the League of Nations, and Sino-Japanese conflict 1931-39, Stephen Craft (2000); The French Navy and the appeasement of Italy, 1937-9, Reynolds M. Salerno (1997); The defence requirements sub-committee, British strategic foreign policy, Neville Chamberlain and the path to appeasement, Keith Neilson (2003); England's place in Hitler's plans for world domination, Andreas Hillgruber (1974); The alliance that failed: Moscow and the Triple Alliance negotiations, 1939, Geoffrey Roberts (1996); Hitler's visit to Rome and the May Weekend crisis: a study in Hitler's response to external stimuli, D. Watt (1979); Blood and iron and 'der geist des Atlantics': assessing Hitler's decision to invade Norway, A. Claasen (1997); The origins of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific: synthesis impossible? M.A. Barnhart (1996); Influence of the United States Navy on the embargo of oil to Japan, 1940-1941, James Herzog (1966); A careless hope: American air power and Japan, 1941, Daniel F. Harrington (1979); Anglo-Australian relations and the origins of the Pacific war, Kosmas Tsokhas (1995); The Spanish Civil War: lessons learned and not learned by the Great Powers, James Corum (1998); The clash of Spanish armies: contrasting ways of war in Spain, 1936-9, Michael Alpert (1999); The 'European Aldershot' for the Second World War? The battle of the Ebro, 1938, Matthew Hughes (2002); Machine dreams: airmindedness and the reinvention of Germany, Peter Fritzsche (1993); Trenchard and 'morale bombing': the evolution of Royal Air Force doctrine before World War II, P.S. Melinger (1996); From khaki to light blue to purple: the long and troubled development of army/air co-operation in Britain, 1914-1945, D.I. Hall (2002); Mikhail Tukhachevsky and war-economic planning: reconsiderations on the pre-war Soviet military build-up, L. Samuelson (1996); Index.
