184 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
184 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
184 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Now in its fifth edition, The Origins of the Second World War explores the reasons why the Second World War broke out in September 1939 and why a European conflict developed into a war that spanned the globe.
This book argues that the global conflict 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... Read more
PART I: Background 1. Explaining the Second World War PART II: Analysis 2. The international crisis 3. Economic and imperial rivalry 4. Armaments and domestic politics 5. War over Poland 6. From European to world war PART III: Assessment 7. Hitler’s war? PART IV: Documents
Biography
Richard Overy is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He has authored and edited more than thirty books on the European dictators, the Second World War and the history of air power.
