num_pages: 784
description: History of the Second World War, B. H. Liddell Hart's last work as well as his magnum opus, embodies the fruits of twenty years of research and a lifetime of thinking on war. It abounds with controversial judgments, including provocative assertions about the true causes behind France's defeat in 1940, Hitler's failed invasion of Russia, and Japan's stunning victory at Pearl Harbor; the effectiveness of the Allies' strategic bombing of Germany; the questionable necessity of detonating atom bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and much more. This monumental history is both a crowning achievement and a final summation by one of the greatest military thinkers of the twentieth century.
language: English
title: History of the Second World War
titlecomplete: History of the Second World War
genres: History, World War II, Reference, European History, World History, War, Military History, Nonfiction, Military Fiction, Politics
ratings_count: 1057
publisher: Da Capo Press