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Originally published under the title Total War, this acclaimed analysis of the causes and courses of the Second World War has stood the tests of time and criticism. 'The best single-volume account of the conflict since it first appeared in 1972... Not the least of this splendid volume's merits is its comprehensive and moving account of the terrible costs of the war in material destruction and suffering.' Brian Bond and Michael Dockrill, British Book News 'Combines elegance of style with mastery of the subject... it retains its pre-eminent position.' Lawrence Freedman, Sunday Times

Peter Calvocoressi has written several books on international affairs and recent history. He has served on the councils of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and Amnesty International and on the United Nations Sub-Commitee on Discrimination and Minorities. He lives in England.
Guy Wint was a writer and journalist who, for ten years, was a leadwriter for the Manchester Guardian. He died in 1969.
John Pritchard is a writer, and has lectured on war studies, modern history, and international law at British and American universities.

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Acknowledgements
Foreword to the Second Edition
The Western Hemisphere
The Sources of War in Europe
The Background	p. 17
From Versailles to the Soldiers' Oath: 1919-34	p. 40
The Futile Opposition: 1934-8	p. 58
Munich ... Prague ... Warsaw	p. 81
Hitler's Wars: 1939-41
From Poland to the North Cape	p. 114
The Fall of France	p. 128
The Battle of Britain	p. 146
The Mediterranean, North-Africa and the Middle East	p. 164
Barbarossa	p. 186
War with America	p. 206
Europe under the Nazis
The New Order	p. 233
Exploitation	p. 264
Resistance	p. 283
Revolution in the South-East	p. 303
France	p. 317
The Middle Game
The Muster against the Axis	p. 347
The Clearing of North Africa	p. 372
The End of Fascism	p. 396
Hitler's German Enemies	p. 411
Great Britain at War	p. 426
The Defeat of Germany: 1942-5
The Battle of the Seas	p. 459
The Victory of the USSR	p. 479
Mass Bombing	p. 512
The Western Fronts	p. 533
Disintegration	p. 555
Epilogue	p. 570
The Greater East Asia and Pacific Conflict
Asian Conflict
China and Japan	p. 597
Japan in International Affairs	p. 622
The Japan Which Struck	p. 645
The China Which Was Struck At	p. 675
Naval Conflicts by Methods Short of War	p. 691
The Great Manchurian Adventure	p. 703
China: Internal Revolutions and Foreign Policy	p. 732
Japan: Internal Revolutions and Foreign Policy	p. 767
The War Resumed: The Outbreak of the China Incident	p. 796
International Alarums: Japan and Appeasement	p. 824
India and the Conflict	p. 869
The Magnetic North	p. 878
Ocean Clash
The War Changes its Character	p. 905
The Negotiation preceding War	p. 927
The Bombardment of Pearl Harbor	p. 940
The War after Pearl Harbor	p. 960
The High Tide of War
Japan's Hundred Days	p. 975
The Storm in India	p. 1014
Four Loose Threads	p. 1030
MacArthur and Nimitz in the Pacific	p. 1073
The Defeat of Japan
Mid-1943	p. 1091
Two Indian Armies	p. 1113
China 1942-3	p. 1133
Twilight	p. 1150
The End	p. 1166
Epilogue	p. 1209
Chronological Skeleton	p. 1227
Bibliographies	p. 1243
Maps	p. 1273
Index: The Western Hemisphere	p. 1277
Index: The Greater East Asia and Pacific Conflict	p. 1297
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The Penguin History of the Second World War

The Penguin History of the Second World War

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