2 options
The Oxford illustrated history of World War II / edited by Richard Overy.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford Illustrated History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (521 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- World War Two was the most devastating conflict in recorded human history. It was both global in extent and total in character. It has understandably left a long and dark shadow across the decades. Yet it is three generations since hostilities formally ended in 1945 and the conflict is now a lived memory for only a few. And this growing distance in time has allowed historians to think differently about how to describe it, how to explain its course, and what subjectsto focus on when considering the wartime experience. For instance, as World War Two recedes ever further into the past, even a que
- Contents:
- Cover
- The Oxford History of World War II
- Copyrights
- Editor's Preface
- Contents
- List of Maps
- World War II
- Praise for The Oxford History of World War II
- Introduction: Total War-Global War: Richard Overy
- 1: The Genesis of World War: Patricia Clavin
- Legacies of the First World War
- The Search for Security
- The Fighting Spreads
- 2: The Japanese Empire at War, 1931-1945: Steven Hugh Lee
- Japan's Empire and the Roots of the Second World War in Asia, 1877-1931
- Japan's Invasion of Manchuria: Starting the Fifteen-Year War
- The War of Resistance
- Military Authoritarianism in Japan
- Japan, the United States, and the Start of the Pacific War, 1940-1941
- War and Occupation: South-East Asia
- The Politics of Food in Wartime China and Vietnam
- Conscription, Forced Labour, and Slavery in the Japanese Empire
- The Oceanic War, 1942-1945
- Final Offensives: China and South-East Asia, 1944-1945
- The End of the War with Japan
- 3: The Italian Wars: Nicola Labanca
- Italy at War, and National Stereotypes
- Images or Complex Reality
- The Years of 'Peace': From One World War to Another
- Radicalization
- Preparation for War?
- The Fascist War: A Gamble
- Attack and Occupation
- Albania, Greece, and the Balkans
- The Collapse of the Empire
- A Central Front
- From Parallel War to Subaltern War: Russia
- Disengagements
- Downfall
- Forty-Five Difficult Days
- The War of Liberation: From the South
- Resistance
- In the North
- Anomalous Prisoners: The Italian Military Internees
- A Divided Country and Nazi Massacres
- Insurgency and Liberation
- Post-War Memories: The War Continues
- From Memoir to History
- 4: The German Wars: Richard Overy
- Hitler and German Foreign Policy
- Germany Alone
- The 'Barbarossa' Gamble
- The Path to Defeat
- 5: The West and the War at Sea: Eric Grove.
- The Attack on Shipping
- Defeating Axis Naval Power in Europe
- The Two-Ocean War
- Defeating the U-Boat
- Sea Power and Allied Victory
- 6: The Allies from Defeat to Victory: Evan Mawdsley
- Introduction
- Failed Alliance: 1939-1940
- The British-Soviet Alliance
- The Grand Alliance
- 1943: The Axis in Retreat
- 1944: Decisive Allied Offensives
- 1945: The Defeat of Nazi Germany
- Conclusion
- 7: Fighting Power: War-Making and Military Innovation: David French
- Equipment
- Logistics
- Morale
- Innovation in Wartime
- Intelligence
- Innovation on the Eastern Front: The Red Army
- Innovation on the Western Front: The US Army
- Carrier Warfare and Amphibious Operations
- The War in the Far East: Slim and the 14th Army
- The War at Sea: The North Atlantic
- Strategic Bombing
- 8: Economies in Total War: Richard Overy
- The Pattern of Economic Mobilization
- Economic Collaboration
- The Production of Weapons and Equipment
- The Home Front Economy
- The International Economy
- 9: Front Line I: Armed Forces at War: Michael Snape
- Recruitment
- Social Structures
- Foreign Legions
- Women in the Military
- Preparedness and Training
- Culture
- Religion
- Propaganda
- Criminality
- 10: Front Line II: Civilians at War: Richard Overy
- Civil Defenders
- War Comes to the Home Front
- Civilian Wars
- 11: Unnatural Deaths: Richard Bessel
- The Toll of Military Campaigns
- Mass Murder
- Workers, Prisoners, and Civilians
- Hunger, Disease, and Suicide
- 12: Brains at War: Invention and Experts: David Edgerton
- Experts in Government
- Experts
- Trials, Investigations, and Surveys
- Invention
- Aero-Engines and Fuels
- Sharing
- Themes
- Drugs and Insecticides
- Assessment.
- 13: The Culture of War: Ideas, Arts, and Propaganda: David Welch
- Britain Can Take It
- National Socialist Germany: A People's Community
- The Soviet Union and the Great Patriotic War
- The USA: 'Artists for Victory'
- 14: From World War to Cold War: Geoffrey Roberts
- Peacemaking
- The German Question
- The Iron Curtain
- The Arc of Crisis
- The Marshall Plan
- The Cominform
- NATO
- The Korean War
- Historians and the Cold War
- The Cold War in Perspective
- Maps
- Further Reading
- 1. The Genesis of World War
- 2. The Japanese Empire at War, 1931-1945
- 3. The Italian Wars
- 4. The German Wars
- 5. The West and the War at Sea
- 6. The Allies from Defeat to Victory
- 7. Fighting Power: War-Making and Military Innovation
- 8. Economies in Total War
- 9. Front Line I: Armed Forces at War
- 10. Front Line II: Civilians at War
- 11. Unnatural Deaths
- 12. Brains at War: Invention and Experts
- 13. The Culture of War: Ideas, Arts, and Propaganda
- 14. From World War to Cold War
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-104539-X
- OCLC:
- 905969556
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.