Avoiding armageddon : from the Great War to the fall of France, 1918-40 / Jeremy Black.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-288) and index.

The aftermath of the Great War -- Imperial warfare -- Warfare in the 'Third World' in the 1920s -- Learning lessons -- Naval developments -- Air power -- The 1930s: economic context -- War in the Far East -- Conflict and the Western Empires in the 1930s -- The Third World in the 1930s -- Politics and the military in the Europe of the 1930s -- Preparing for war -- Conclusions.