World War Two
By: Norman Stone
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Isis large print
Publisher: Isis; ISIS Large Print Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780753153390
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Warfare and Defence
Other titles: World War II
Description: Norman Stone concisely relates the narrative of World War II, making the story utterly fresh and arresting. There is a compelling sense of something terrible unfolding, of a sceptical and humorous intelligence, and a wish to convey just how high the stakes were. Stone focuses both on key moments in the war and on the wider reasons it took the horrible course that it did - telling of the hopes and delusions of the leaders, faced with decisions that destroyed the lives of millions, and of the great military clashes that determined the outcome of the conflict.
Notes: Adult.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ch. One Between the Wars; title: ch. Two Germany Ascendant; title: ch. Three Barbarossa; title: ch. Four Pearl Harbor and North Africa; title: ch. Five The Russian Turn-Around; title: ch. Six Fanaticism and Hate, Muddle and Delay; title: ch. Seven Nazism and Communism; title: ch. Eight West and East; title: ch. Nine The End.