R. A. C. Parker
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 author never shies away from raising fundamental questions.
Preface
Contents
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1. Hitler, Germany, and the origins of the European war
2. German conquest of Poland, Norway, the Low Countries, and France
3. Britain alone
4. Operation BARBAROSSA: the German attack on the Soviet Union
5. The United
States enters the war: the origins of the Japanese attack
6. Japanese victories and disappointments: December 1941 to August 1942
7. The end of German expansion: the Atlantic, North Africa, and Russia, 1942-1943
8. Anglo-American strategies for victory
9. Economies at war
10.
Strategic bombing
11. Morale
12. Driving back the Germans: North Africa, Italy, and Russia
13. D-Day and victory in Europe
14. The defeat of Japan and the atom bomb
15. From war to peace: Anglo-American relations
16. From alliance to Cold War: the Soviet Union and the
West
17. The impact of war: the murder of the European Jews
18. The impact of war: casualties, crisis, and change
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R.A.C. Parker is a Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford.
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