num_pages: 1208
description: In a new edition featuring a new preface, A World of Arms remains a classic of global history. Widely hailed as a masterpiece, this volume remains the first history of World War II to provide a truly global account of the war that encompassed six continents. Starting with the changes that restructured Europe and its colonies following the First World War, Gerhard Weinberg sheds new light on every aspect of World War II. Actions of the Axis, the Allies, and the Neutrals are covered in every theater of the war. More importantly, the global nature of the war is examined, with new insights into how events in one corner of the world helped affect events in often distant areas.
language: English
title: A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II
titlecomplete: A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II
characters: Erwin Rommel, Chester W. Nimitz, Hermann Göring, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Neville Chamberlain, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Benito Mussolini, Charles de Gaulle, Bernard Montgomery, Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Winston Churchill, Karl Dönitz, Ion Antonescu, Georgy Zhukov, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Douglas MacArthur, Chiang Kai-shek
genres: Military Fiction, History, World War II, Reference, War, European History, Politics, World History, Military History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1317
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Herbert Hoover Book Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: George Louis Beer Prize, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: The Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award
publisher: Cambridge University Press