"P. M. H. Bell's famous book is a comprehensive study of the period and debates surrounding the European origins of the Second World War. He approaches the subject from three different angles: describing the various explanations that have been offered for the war and the historiographical debates that have arisen from them, analysing the ideological, economic and strategic forces at work in Europe during the 1930s, and tracing the course of events from peace in 1932. via the initial outbreak of hostilities in 1939, through to the climactic German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 which marked the descent into general conflict."--BOOK JACKET.
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ISBN:9781405840286 (pbk.)
ISBN:1405840285 (pbk.)
Physical Description:print xiii, 398 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Edition:3rd ed.
Publisher:Harlow ; Toronto : Longman, 2007.
Content descriptions
General Note:
Previous ed.: 1997.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Pt. 1. Introduction : problems of interpretation -- 1. On war and the causes of war -- 2. thirty years war? : the disintegration of Europe -- 3. case against a thirty years war : the restoration of Europe -- 4. History and historians -- Pt. 2. underlying forces -- 5. Italian fascism -- 6. German Nazism -- 7. Parliamentary democracy : France and Britain -- 8. Soviet communism -- Economic issues and the coming of war -- 9. great depression and international relations -- 10. Economic problems and the coming of war -- role of strategy and armed force -- 11. Armed forces, strategy, and foreign policy (1) : France and Britain -- 12. Armed forces, strategy, and foreign policy (2) : Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union -- Pt. 3. coming of war, 1932-1941 -- 13. From peace to the eve of war, 1932-1937 -- 14. War postponed, 1938 -- 15. Decisions for war, 1939 -- 16. expanding war, 1939-1940 -- 17. germany and the Soviet Union, 1940-1941.
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