Description
| Product ID: | 9781541674103 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Second World Wars |
| Subtitle: | How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won |
| Authors: | Author: Victor D Hanson |
| Page Count: | 720 |
| Subjects: | Military history, Military history, Second World War, Naval forces and warfare, Air forces and warfare, Second World War, Naval forces & warfare, Air forces & warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A definitive account of World War II by America's preeminent military historian A "breathtakingly magisterial" account of World War II by America's preeminent military historian (Wall Street Journal) World War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a war been fought on so many diverse landscapes and in so many different ways, from rocket attacks in London to jungle fighting in Burma to armor strikes in Libya. The Second World Wars examines how combat unfolded in the air, at sea, and on land to show how distinct conflicts among disparate combatants coalesced into one interconnected global war. Drawing on 3,000 years of military history, bestselling author Victor Davis Hanson argues that despite its novel industrial barbarity, neither the war's origins nor its geography were unusual. Nor was its ultimate outcome surprising. The Axis powers were well prepared to win limited border conflicts, but once they blundered into global war, they had no hope of victory. An authoritative new history of astonishing breadth, The Second World Wars offers a stunning reinterpretation of history's deadliest conflict. |
| Imprint Name: | Basic Books |
| Publisher Name: | Basic Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-02-13 |
