Total war : Causes and Courses of the Second World War / Peter Calvocoressi ; Guy Wint.

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Acknowledgements

Foreword

THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE:

Part I: THE SOURCES OF WAR IN EUROPE: 1.The Background: Hitler - Germany - Europe // 2.From Versailles to the Soldiers´Oath: 1919-34 // 3.The Futile Opposition: 1934-8 // 4.Munich...Prague...Warsaw

Part II: HITLER´S WARS: 1939-41: 5.From Poland to the North Cape // 6.The Fall of France // 7.The Battle of Britain // 8.The Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East // 9.Barbarossa // 10.War with America

Part III: EUROPE UNDER THE NAZIS: 11.The New Order // 12.Exploitation // 13.Resistance // 14.Revolution in the South-East // 15.France

Part IV: THE MIDDLE GAME: 16.The Muster against the Axis // 17.The Clearing of North Africa // 18.The End of Fascism // 19.Hitler´s German Enemies // 20.Great Britain at War

Part V: THE DEFEAT AF GERMANY:1942-5: 21.The Battle of the Seas // 22.The Victory of the USSR // 23.Mass Bombing // 24.The Western Fronts // 25.Desintegration

Epilogue

THE WAR IN ASIA

Part I: ASIAN CONFLICT: 1.China an Japan // 2.The Anglo-Japanese Allience // 3.The Japan which struck // 4.The China which was struck at // 5.Manchuria 1931 // 6.Lull // 7.The War resumed // 8.India and the Conflict

Part II: OCEAN CLASH: 9.The War Changes its Character // 10.The Negotiation preceding War // 11.The Bombardment of Pearl Harbor // 12.The War after Pearl Harbor

Part III: THE HIGH TIDE OF WAR: 13.Japan´s Hundred Days: A.Hong Kong - B.The Philippines - C.Malaya - D.Burma - E.Dutch East Indies // 14.The Storm in India // 15.Midway Island´s Battle // 16.MacArthur in the Pacific

Part IV: THE DEFEAT OF JAPAN: 17.Mid-1943 // 18.Subhas Chandra Bose // 19.China 1942-4 // 20.Twilight // 21.The End

EPILOGUE Chronological Skeleton // Bibliographies // Maps // Index

Resumen: The authors demonstrated why World War II happened, and how it was conducted, giving as much stress and space to political, social and moral forces as to ensuing clashes of arms, not forgetting the considerbale part that intelligence reconnaissance played in the war.

The authors demonstrated why World War II happened, and how it was conducted, giving as much stress and space to political, social and moral forces as to ensuing clashes of arms, not forgetting the considerbale part that intelligence reconnaissance played in the war.