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The Second World War. A Short History

Door R.A.C. Parker

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#238623
Titel
The Second World War. A Short History
Auteur
Parker, R.A.C.
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Oxfort University Press
Jaar van uitgave
1989
ISBN10
0192802070
ISBN13
9780192802071
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting

The Second World War is a compact but comprehensive and absorbing history of the war. It examines the causes of the war, how it was won and lost, and its far-reaching consequences for humanity. In tracing the key events of both the European and the Far Eastern wars, R. A. C. Parker outlines clearly the strategies of the participants, the economies and societies that underlay them, and the strengths and weaknesses of their fighting forces. He describes the decisive battles and analyses the reasons for their outcome, paying close attention to special features of the war: mobile warfare, forced migration, the Holocaust, strategic and nuclear bombing. Unlike many other histories of the war this book places British and European involvement squarely in an international perspective, and the aut
... (Lees verder)hor never shies away from raising fundamental questions.
Pagina's
330
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 6,50

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