Author : Ruth Henig
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 23,45 MB
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1134963238
In her analysis of the reasons for the outbreak of the Second World War, one of the most controversial of all historical topics, Ruth Henig: · considers the long-term factors that led to the war · assess the effect of British appeasement policies · explains the significance of American isolation · examines the ambitions of Italy, Japan and Russia.
Author : Geoffrey C. Roberts
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 35,31 MB
Release : 1995-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1349241245
Historians have heatedly debated the Soviet role in the origins of the Second World War for more than 50 years. At the centre of these controversies stands the question of Soviet relations with Nazi Germany and the Stalin-Hitler pact of 1939. Drawing on a wealth of new material from the Soviet Archives, this detailed and original study analyses Moscow's response to the rise of Hitler, explains the origins of the Nazi-Soviet pact, and charts the road to Operation Barbarossa and the disaster of the surprise German attack on the USSR in June 1941.
Author : Ruth Beatrice Henig
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 50,33 MB
Release : 2005-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0415332613
Updated and expanded throughout to take into consideration the most up-to-date historical research, this new edition of The Origins of the Second World War analyzes the reasons for the outbreak of the Second World War. Experienced historian Ruth Henig considers: * the long-term factors that led to war * the effect of British appeasement policies * the significance of American isolation * the ambitions of Italy, Japan and Russia. The Origins of the Second World War brings one of the most controversial historical topics to life for a whole generation of students and scholars seeking to understand the reasoning and events behind this major event in world history.
Author : A.J.P. Taylor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 11,84 MB
Release : 1996-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0684829479
From the Back Cover: From the moment of its publication in 1961, A.J.P. Taylor's seminal work caused a storm of praise and controversy, and it has since been recognized as a classic: the first book ever to examine exclusively and in depth the causes of the Second World War and to apportion the responsibility among Allies and Germans alike. With crisp, clear prose and brilliant analysis, Taylor established that the war, "far from being premeditated, was a mistake, the result on both sides of diplomatic blunders." He argued that Hitler was more an opportunist than an ideologue who owed his successes to Great Britain's and France's tacking between resistance and appeasement, and to an American policy akin to "the significant episode of the dog in the night, to which Sherlock Holmes once drew attention. When Watson objected: 'But the dog did nothing in the night," Holmes answered: 'That was the significant episode.' "The Times Literary Supplement called The Origins of the Second World War "simple, devastating, superlatively readable, and deeply disturbing," and it remains so now-a groundbreaking book of enduring importance.
Author : Christian Leitz
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 13,79 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0415174236
Explores the diplomatic and political developments that led to the outbreak of war in 1939 and its transformation into a global conflict in 1941.
Author : Ian Ona Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 32,50 MB
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 0190675144
Pre-publication subtitle: Soviet-German military cooperation in the interwar period.
Author : Frank McDonough
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 18,13 MB
Release : 1997-08-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780521568616
This innovative new study analyzes the origins of the First and Second World Wars in one single volume by drawing on a wide range of material, including original sources. In concise, readable chapters, the author surveys the key issues surrounding the causes of both wars, offers an original and critical survey of the conflict of opinion among historians and provides a lively selection of primary documents on major issues. The result is a unique perspective on the origins of the two most devastating military conflicts in world history.
Author : Charles Callan Tansill
Publisher : Ostara Publications
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 41,43 MB
Release : 2019-05-16
Category :
ISBN : 9781684546138
Charles Callan Tansill, America's diplomatic historian, convincingly argues that Franklin Roosevelt wished to involve the United States in World War II. When his efforts appeared to come to naught, Roosevelt provoked Japan into an attack on American territory, and so doing enter the war through the "back door".
Author : R. J. Overy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 18,30 MB
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1317865855
"The Origins of the Second World War explores the reasons why the Second World War broke out in September 1939 and not sooner, and why a European war expanded into world war by 1941. Richard Overy argues that this was not just 'Hitler's War' but one that had its roots and origins in the decline of the old empires of Britain and France and the rise of ambitious new powers in Germany, Italy and Japan. Any explanation of the outbreak of hostilities must be multinational in scope taking into account the basic instability of the international system that had still not recovered from the shocks of the Great War. In this third edition: The role of Italy in the approach to war has been re-evaluated; Overy addresses recent revelations about Soviet policy in the 1930s, particularly exploring Soviet military planning and preparations; Arguments about Chamberlain and his policy of appeasement are rethought and reassessed. This new edition has now been completely overhauled, updated, expanded and reset. With a comprehensive documents section, colour plates, Guide to Who's Who, and a Chronology, The Origins of the Second World War will provide an invaluable introduction to any student of this fascinating period."--Page 4 of cover
Author : Richard Bosworth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 35,36 MB
Release : 2017-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108406406
War is often described as an extension of politics by violent means. With contributions from twenty-eight eminent historians, Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of the Second World War examines the relationship between ideology and politics in the war's origins, dynamics and consequences. Part I examines the ideologies of the combatants and shows how the war can be understood as a struggle of words, ideas and values with the rival powers expressing divergent claims to justice and controlling news from the front in order to sustain moral and influence international opinion. Part II looks at politics from the perspective of pre-war and wartime diplomacy as well as examining the way in which neutrals were treated and behaved. The volume concludes by assessing the impact of states, politics and ideology on the fate of individuals as occupied and liberated peoples, collaborators and resistors, and as British and French colonial subjects.
