The Second World War. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: A.W. Purdue.
• Other Names: Purdue, A. W (A. William)
• Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Chronology; Maps; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; 1 The Origins of the Second World War; A Thirty Years' War?; Versailles; The Economic Causes of the War; A War of Ideologies?; Hitler's War?; A War Caused by Appeasement?; 2 A European War; Germany's Victories; Our Finest Hour?; Operation Barbarossa; 3 A World War?; The Origins of the Far Eastern War; Japan Attacks; 4 Behind the Lines; The Balance of Strength; The Sinews of War; Occupied Europe and the New Order; The Holocaust; Home Fronts; 5 Roads to Victory 1943-4; The Tide Begins to Turn Allied Policies and StrategiesThe Battle of the Atlantic; The Eastern Front; Strategic Bombing; Second Fronts; Prelude to Defeat; The Pacific War; 6 Unconditional Surrender; Fractures in the Alliance; The End of the War in Europe; Victory Over Japan; Conclusion; Notes; Annotated Bibliography; Index
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Subjects: 940.53; World War, 1939-1945; Europe/General; World War, 1939-1945; Modern/20th Century; Second World War; HISTORY / Military / World War II; HISTORY / Europe / Western; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780230344198; 0230344194
• Related ISBNs: 9780230345447; 0230345441; 0230344194; 9780230279353; 023027935X; 9780230279360; 0230279368
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.