The second world wars
Subtitle: how the first global conflict was fought and won
By: Victor Davis Hanson
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Basic Books, Hachette Book Group
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 652
ISBN-13: 9780465066988
Subjects: Campaigns; World War, 1939-1945
Description: World War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Hanson examines how combat unfolded in the air, at sea, and on land to show how distinct conflicts among disparate combatants coalesced into one interconnected global war. He argues that despite its novel industrial barbarity, neither the war's origins nor its geography were unusual. Nor was its ultimate outcome surprising.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-632) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one.; title: Ideas.; title: The war in a classical context ;; title: Grievances, agendas, and methods ;; title: Old, new, and strange alliances -- -- Part two.; title: Air.; title: The air power revolution ;; title: From Poland to the Pacific ;; title: New terrors from above -- -- Part three.; title: Water.; title: Ships and strategies ;; title: From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean ;; title: A vast ocean -- -- Part four.; title: Earth.; title: The primacy of infantry ;; title: Soldiers and armies ;; title: The western and eastern wars for the continent ;; title: Armies abroad ;; title: Sieges -- -- Part five.; title: Fire.; title: Tanks and artillery -- -- Part six.; title: People.; title: Supreme command ;; title: The warlords ;; title: The workers ;; title: The dead -- -- Part seven.; title: Ends.; title: Whay and what did the Allies win?.