World War II

A New History
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-521-60843-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 498 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1022 g

This book is a magisterial global history of World War II. Beginning in 1937 with the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, Evan Mawdsley shows how the origins of World War II lay in a conflict between the old international order and the new and then traces the globalisation of the conflict as it swept through Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. His primary focus is on the war's military and strategic history though he also examines the political, economic, ideological, and cultural factors which influenced the course of events. The war's consequences are examined too, not only in terms of the defeat of the Axis but also the break-up of colonial empires and the beginning of the Cold War. Accessibly written and well-illustrated with maps and photographs, this compelling new account also includes short studies of the key figures, events and battles that shaped the war.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mawdsley, Evan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. The world in 1937; 2. Japan and China, 1937–40; 3. Hitler's border wars, 1938–9; 4. Germany re-fights World War I, 1939–40; 5. Wars of ideology, 1941–2; 6. The Red Army versus the Wehrmacht, 1941–4; 7. Japan's lunge for empire, 1941–2; 8. Defending the perimeter: Japan, 1942–4; 9. The 'world ocean' and Allied victory, 1939–45; 10. The European periphery, 1940–4; 11. Wearing down Germany, 1942–4; 12. Victory in Europe, 1944–5; 13. End and beginning in Asia, 1945; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Mawdsley, Evan
Evan Mawdsley is Professor of International History in the Department of History, University of Glasgow. His previous publications include The Russian Civil War (1983/2008), The Soviet Elite from Lenin to Gorbachev: The Central Committee and its Members, 1917–1991 (with Stephen White, 2000), The Stalin Years: The Soviet Union, 1929–1953 (2003) and Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941–1945 (2005).