Overview
- Summary
- A monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II, and its deeply personal consequences. Hastings simultaneously traces the major developments and puts them into real human context. He also explores some of the darker and less explored regions of the war's penumbra, including the conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland; and the Bengal famine in 1943 and 1944.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Contents
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Poland betrayed
No peace, little war
Blitzkriegs in the west
Britain alone
The Mediterranean
Barbarossa
Moscow saved, Leningrad starved
America embattled
Japan's season of triumph
Swings of fortune
The British at sea
The furnace: Russia in 1942
Living with war
Out of Africa
The bear turns: Russia in 1943
Divided empires
Asian fronts
Italy: high hopes, sour fruits
War in the sky
Victims
Europe becomes a battlefield
Japan: defying fate
Germany besieged
The fall of the Third Reich
Japan prostrate
Victors and vanquished. - Notes
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Originally published: London : HarperPress, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-699) and index.
Poland betrayed -- No peace, little war -- Blitzkriegs in the west -- Britain alone -- The Mediterranean -- Barbarossa -- Moscow saved, Leningrad starved -- America embattled -- Japan's season of triumph -- Swings of fortune -- The British at sea -- The furnace: Russia in 1942 -- Living with war -- Out of Africa -- The bear turns: Russia in 1943 -- Divided empires -- Asian fronts -- Italy: high hopes, sour fruits -- War in the sky -- Victims -- Europe becomes a battlefield -- Japan: defying fate -- Germany besieged -- The fall of the Third Reich -- Japan prostrate -- Victors and vanquished.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780307273598
0307273598 - Physical Description
- xx, 729 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945.
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