The Second World War : a short history / R.A.C. Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, Robert Alexander Clarke, 1927- author.

Series:

Parker, Robert Alexander Clarke, 1927- Struggle for survival.

Oxford scholarship online

Oxford scholarship online.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Second World War is a comprehensive and absorbing history of the war. It examines the causes of the war, how it was won and lost, and the far-reaching consequences that it has had for humanity.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of plates; List of maps; 1. Hitler, Germany, and the origins of the European war; 2. German conquest of Poland, Norway, the Low Countries, and France; 3. Britain alone; 4. Operation BARBAROSSA: the German attack on the Soviet Union; 5. The United States enters the war: the origins of the Japanese attack; 6. Japanese victories and disappointments: December 1941 to August 1942; 7. The end of German expansion: the Atlantic, North Africa, and Russia, 1942-1943; 8. Anglo-American strategies for victory; 9. Economies at war; 10. Strategic bombing; 11. Morale

12. Driving back the Germans: North Africa, Italy, and Russia 13. D-Day and victory in Europe; 14. The defeat of Japan and the atom bomb; 15. From war to peace: Anglo-American relations; 16. From alliance to Cold War: the Soviet Union and the West; 17. The impact of war: the murder of the European Jews; 18. The impact of war: casualties, crisis, and change; Note on quotations; Book list; Index;

Notes:

This edition originally published: 1997.

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-314) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

9781383002454

1383002452

9781280444494

1280444495

9780191592362

0191592366

OCLC:

784886700