Who''s Who in World War II

First Published in 2004. World War II, unlike World War I, was truly a global conflict, fought in every one of the five continents, from the Caribbean to the South China Sea, from New Guinea to the North Cape, and by combatants from every continental region, Latin America, the Balkans, Scandinavia, the Middle East, South Asia and Africa as well as from Europe and North America. It was also, as World War I had not been, a conflict of ideologies. Its dramatis personae was therefore of a peculiar richness, including not only soldiers and statesmen of orthodox background but three dictators of world stature-Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin, demagogues like Goebbels and ideologues like Alfred Rosenberg, politicians of charismatic power, like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, prophets of national renaissance, like Charles de Gaulle, and of national liberation like Mahatma Gandhi, showmen, mountebanks, martyrs, heroes, traitors and quislings-a word we owe to the politics of World War II. This book attempts to assemble the most important among this vast cast of characters, from every country and from every sphere of responsibility- or irresponsibility-and to convey not only the salient facts about the life and career of each but also the flavor of their individuality.

List of contents

Introduction. Who's Who In World War II A-Z

About the author

John Keegan is and internationally renowned journalist and historian. His books include The Face of Battle and The Mask of Command.

Summary

Who's Who in World War II brings together over 300 of the most important characters from every sphere of responsibility and reflects the truly global nature of World War II.

Product details

• Authors: John Keegan
• Assisted by: John Keegan (Editor), Keegan John (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.09.2023
• EAN: 9781138432369
• ISBN: 978-1-138-43236-9
• No. of pages: 190
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Reference, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Dictionaries of biography, Dictionaries Of Biography (Who's Who), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General