Second World War

Exploring the reasons why the Second World War broke out in 1939 and why a European conflict developed into a war that spanned the globe, this book covers the origins of the war from its background in the First World War to its expansion to the Soviet Union, Japan and the United States by the end of..

 Professor Iriye analyses the origins of the 1941 conflict against the background of international relations in the preceding decade in order to answer the key question: Why did Japan, which had not been able to defeat the isolated and divided forces of China, decide to go to war against so formidab..

PMH Bell's famous book is a comprehensive study of the period and debates surrounding the European origins of the Second World War.  He approaches the subject from three different angles: describing the various explanations that have been offered for the war and the historiographical debates that ha..

Seventy years after the end of the Second World War we still do not fully appreciate the full spectrum of the lived experience of individuals and communities subjected to German occupation and involved or touched by resistance movements. This book reasserts the sensory and the emotional in Italian w..

Seventy years after the end of the Second World War we still do not fully appreciate the full spectrum of the lived experience of individuals and communities subjected to German occupation and involved or touched by resistance movements. This book reasserts the sensory and the emotional in Italian w..

One of the darkest passages in German history is examined in this book (originally published in 1986) by five leading German historians of the Third Reich. The authors establish that a direct link existed between the widespread deaths of Soviet prisoners of war and the extermination of Jews and impl..

Russia's engagement with Germany on the Eastern Front during World War II was ferocious, unprecedented and bloody, costing millions of civilian and military lives. In this challenging new book, Lee Baker distinguishes myth from reality and deflates the idea that this war, while gargantuan in scale, ..

Representing the scholarship of historians who have largely based their findings on previously unpublished material, this volume (originally published in 1978) provides a critical and provocative assessment of many established opinions on significant themes related to the dramatic rise and developme..

With over 5,200 entries, this volume remains one of the most extensive annotated bibliographies on the USA’s fight against Japan in WW2. Including books, articles, and de-classified documents, the book is organized into six categories: Part 1 presents reference works. Part 2 covers diplomatic-politi..

With over 5,200 entries, this volume remains one of the most extensive annotated bibliographies on the USA’s fight against Japan in the Second World War. Including books, articles, and de-classified documents up to the end of 1987, the book is organized into six categories: Part 1 presents reference..

The battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of World War Two and one which claimed literally hundreds of thousands of lives. This new account provides a succinct and evocative narrative of its origins, course and consequences, from the outset of the Russo-German War, to the German assault on Stal..

The battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of World War Two and one which claimed literally hundreds of thousands of lives. This new account provides a succinct and evocative narrative of its origins, course and consequences, from the outset of the Russo-German War, to the German assault on Stal..