num_pages: 160
description: A new edition of this popular study which offers broad analysis of the complex events leading to World War Two. Richard Overy provides a multi-national explanation for the outbreak of hostilities, placing the war in the context of imperial rivalry, economic pressures and domestic politics as the victors of World War One wrestled to avoid a Second.
language: English
title: The Origins of the Second World War
titlecomplete: The Origins of the Second World War (Seminar Studies in History Series)
genres: History, World War II, International Relations, World History, War, Nonfiction, Military Fiction, Politics
ratings_count: 128
series: Seminar Studies in History
publisher: Pearson