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Examines the relationship between ideology and politics in the Second World War's origins, dynamics and consequences.
List of contents
Introduction to Volume 2 Richard Bosworth and Joseph Maiolo; Part I. Ideologies: Introduction to Part I Richard Bosworth and Joseph Maiolo; 1. The Axis: Germany, Japan and Italy on the road to war Robert Gerwarth; 2. Western allied ideology, 1939-45 Talbot Imlay; 3. The Soviet Union and international left Silvio Pons; 4. The propaganda war Jo Fox; 5. Reporting from the battlefield: censorship and journalism Steven Casey; 6. International organizations Patricia Clavin; 7. Nazi genocides Jürgen Matthäus; 8. War crimes trials Donald Bloxham and Jonathan Waterlow; Part II. Diplomacy and Alliances: Introduction to Part II Richard Bosworth and Joseph Maiolo; 9. Europe: the failure of diplomacy, 1933-40 Peter Jackson; 10. Asia-Pacific: the failure of diplomacy, 1931-41 Peter Mauch; 11. The diplomacy of the Axis, 1940-41 Norman J. W. Goda; 12. The diplomacy of the Grand Alliance David Reynolds; 13. Spain: betting on a Nazi victory Paul Preston; 14. Sweden: negotiated neutrality Klas Åmark; Part III. Occupation, Collaboration, Resistance and Liberation: Introduction to Part III Richard Bosworth and Joseph Maiolo; 15. Wartime occupation by Germany: food and sex Nicholas Stargardt; 16. Collaboration, resistance and liberation in Western Europe William I. Hitchcock; 17. Wartime occupation by Italy Davide Rodogno; 18. Collaboration, resistance and liberation in the Balkans, 1941-45 Gregor Kranjc; 19. Soviet liberations and occupations, 1939-49 Mark Edele; 20. Collaboration, resistance and accommodation in Northeast Asia Margherita Zanasi; 21. Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia, 1941-45 Paul H. Kratoska and Ken'ichi Goto; 22. The British Empire, 1939-45 Ashley Jackson; 23. France and its colonial civil wars, 1940-45 Martin Thomas; 24. The Muslim world in the Second World War David Motodel; Bibliographical essays; Index.
About the author
Richard Bosworth is Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford.Joseph Maiolo is Professor of International History in the Department of War Studies at King's College London.
Summary
War is often described as an extension of politics by violent means. With contributions from twenty-five eminent historians, Volume Two of The Cambridge History of the Second World War examines the relationship between ideology and politics in the war's origins, dynamics and consequences.
