Total war : Causes and Courses of the Second World War /
Peter Calvocoressi ; Guy Wint.
- 1a ed.
- Middlesex : Penguin, 1986.
- 965 p. : ilus. byn ; fot. byn ; 20 x 13 cm.
List of Ilustrations List of Maps Acknowledgements Foreword THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: 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 I: THE SOURCES OF WAR IN EUROPE: 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 II: HITLER´S WARS: 1939-41: 11.The New Order // 12.Exploitation // 13.Resistance // 14.Revolution in the South-East // 15.France Part III: EUROPE UNDER THE NAZIS: 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 IV: THE MIDDLE GAME: 21.The Battle of the Seas // 22.The Victory of the USSR // 23.Mass Bombing // 24.The Western Fronts // 25.Desintegration Part V: THE DEFEAT AF GERMANY:1942-5: Epilogue THE WAR IN ASIA 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 I: ASIAN CONFLICT: 9.The War Changes its Character // 10.The Negotiation preceding War // 11.The Bombardment of Pearl Harbor // 12.The War after Pearl Harbor Part II: OCEAN CLASH: 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 III: THE HIGH TIDE OF WAR: 17.Mid-1943 // 18.Subhas Chandra Bose // 19.China 1942-4 // 20.Twilight // 21.The End Part IV: THE DEFEAT OF JAPAN: Chronological Skeleton // Bibliographies // Maps // Index EPILOGUE 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. 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.
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