The Oxford Illustrated History of World War Two
(Sprache: Englisch)
World War Two re-assessed for a new generation, from the 1930s through to the beginnings of the Cold War. A stimulating and thought-provoking new interpretation of one of the most terrible episodes in world history.
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World War Two re-assessed for a new generation, from the 1930s through to the beginnings of the Cold War. A stimulating and thought-provoking new interpretation of one of the most terrible episodes in world history.
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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 subjects to focus on when considering the wartime experience. For instance, as World War Two recedes ever further into the past, even a question as apparently basic as when it began and ended becomes less certain. Was it 1939, when the war in Europe began? Or the summer of 1941, with the beginning of Hitler's war against the Soviet Union? Or did it become truly global only when the Japanese brought the USA into the war at the end of 1941? And what of the long conflict in East Asia, beginning with the Japanese aggression in China in the early 1930s and only ending with the triumph of the Chinese Communists in 1949?
In The Oxford Illustrated History of World War Two a team of leading historians re-assesses the conflict for a new generation, exploring the course of the war not just in terms of the Allied response but also from the viewpoint of the Axis aggressor states. Under Richard Overy's expert editorial guidance, the contributions take us from the genesis of war, through the action in the major theatres of conflict by land, sea, and air, to assessments of fighting power and military and technical innovation, the economics of total war, the culture and propaganda of war, and the experience of war (and genocide) for both combatants and civilians, concluding with an account of the transition from World War to Cold War in the late 1940s. Together, they provide a stimulating and thought-provoking new interpretation of one of the most terrible and fascinating episodes in world history.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Oxford Illustrated History of World War Two “
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Editor's Introduction
- 1: Patricia Clavin: The Genesis of World War
- 2: Steven Lee: Japan's War in Asia
- 3: Nicola Labanca: The Italian Wars
- 4: Richard Overy: The German Wars
- 5: Eric Grove: The West and the War at Sea
- 6: Evan Mawdsley: The Allies from Defeat to Victory
- 7: David French: Fighting Power: World War and Military Innovation
- 8: Richard Overy: Economies in Total War
- 9: Michael Snape: Front Line I: Armed Forces at War
- 10: Richard Overy: Front Line II: Civilians at War
- 11: Richard Bessel: Unnatural Deaths
- 12: David Edgerton: War, Invention, and Experts
- 13: David Welch: The Culture of War: Propaganda, Arts and Ideas
- 14: Geoffrey Roberts: From World War to Cold War
- Epilogue
- Further Reading
- Index
Autoren-Porträt von Richard Overy
Richard Overy is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He is the author of more than twenty five books on the history of twentieth-century war and dictatorship, including the highly acclaimed Why the Allies Won (1995) and the prize-winning Dictators: Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia (2004). He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. His most recent book is The Bombing War: Europe 1939-1945 (2013), shortlisted for the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in military history.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Richard Overy
- 2015, 504 Seiten, 28 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 20,2 x 25,7 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Richard Overy
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199605823
- ISBN-13: 9780199605828
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
... The Oxford Illustrated History of World War Two is a thoughtful and thought-provoking volume, which succeeds very well in bringing at least a taste of the wealth of current Second World War scholarship to a wider audience. There is much here to admire; not least the erudition of the contributors and the eclectic and original selection of photographs ... an excellent, concise and enlightening volume. As such, it is a worth addition to the library of every student and every scholar of the conflict. Roger Moorhouse, History Today
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