Originally published under the title Total War, this acclaimed analysis of the causes and courses of World War II has stood the tests of time and criticism. The first part deals with the war in the West, and the second covers the war in the Pacific Theatre. The three highly regarded authors of this classic resource create a fluid narrative that provides vivid portraits of the war leaders and an unflinching exploration of the devastation and hardship of this major world conflict.
Chapter 2. From Versailles to the Soldiers’ Oath: 1919–34
Chapter 3. The Futile Opposition: 1934–8
Chapter 4. Munich… Prague… Warsaw
Chapter 5. From Poland to the North Cape
Chapter 7. The Battle of Britain
Chapter 8. The Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East
Chapter 14. Revolution in the South-East
Chapter 16. The Muster against the Axis
Chapter 17. The Clearing of North Africa
Chapter 18. The End of Fascism
Chapter 19. Hitler’s German Enemies
Chapter 20. Great Britain at War
Chapter 21. The Battle of the Seas
Chapter 22. The Victory of the USSR
Chapter 24. The Western Fronts
Chapter 2. Japan in International Affairs
Chapter 3. The Japan Which Struck
Chapter 4. The China Which Was Struck At
Chapter 5. Naval Conflict by Methods Short of War
Chapter 6. The Great Manchurian Adventure
Chapter 7. China: Internal Revolutions and Foreign Policy
Chapter 8. Japan: Internal Revolutions and Foreign Policy
Chapter 9. The War Resumed: The Outbreak of the China Incident
Chapter 10. International Alarums: Japan and Appeasement
Chapter 11. India and the Conflict
Chapter 12. The Magnetic North
Chapter 13. The War Changes Its Character
Chapter 14. The Negotiation preceding War
Chapter 15. The Bombardment of Pearl Harbor
Chapter 16. The War after Pearl Harbor
Chapter 18. The Storm in India
JIMMY DOOLITTLE’S AIR RAID AND ITS AFTERMATH
INDIAN OCEAN EXCURSIONS LIMITED
Chapter 20. MacArthur and Nimitz in the Pacific