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List of contents
Preface to Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The World in 1937; 2. Japan and China, 1937-1940; 3. Hitler's border wars, 1938-1939; 4. Germany re-fights World War I, 1939-1940; 5. Wars of ideology, 1941-1942; 6. The Red Army versus the Wehrmacht, 1942-1944; 7. Japan's lunge for empire, 1941-1942; 8. Defending the perimeter: Japan, 1942-1944; 9. The 'World Ocean' and allied victory, 1939-1945; 10. The European periphery, 1940-1944; 11. Wearing down Germany, 1942-1944; 12. Victory in Europe, 1944-1945; 13. End and beginning in Asia, 1945; 14. Conclusion; Further reading; Notes; Index.
About the author
Evan Mawdsley is an Honorary Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. His extensive teaching experience at Glasgow included a specialist course on the grand strategy of World War II. He is the author of a number of recent important books and articles on World War II, including Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War (2006/2015), December 1941: Twelve Days that Began a New World War (2009), and The War for the Seas: A Maritime History of World War II (2019). He was also general editor of the three-volume Cambridge History of the Second World War (2016).
Summary
A revised and updated edition of Evan Mawdsley's acclaimed global history of World War II. Accessibly written and well-illustrated with maps and photographs, the book also includes insightful short studies of the figures, events and battles that shaped the war, as well as fully updated guides to further reading.
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Review of the first edition: 'Professor Mawdsley is to be much congratulated on writing such a clear and perceptive account, and one that provides much food for thought.' Charles Messenger, The Journal of Military History
