The Second World War
Subtitle: a military history
By: Gordon Corrigan
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 620
ISBN-13: 9780312577094
Subjects: Campaigns; HISTORY / Military / World War II; World War, 1939-1945; Causes
Description: Reassesses World War II as a collection of separate, uncoordinated campaigns fought in Europe, Asia, and the Mediterranean, evaluating the disparate agendas of warring nations to offer a revisionist interpretation of how the war was fought and won.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain by Atlantic Books Ltd."--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 594-601) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Prelude : February 1942; title: On your marks-; title: Get set-; title: Go!; title: Interlude : Britain at war : May 1940-June 1941; title: The Russian war : June-October 1941; title: The Asian war : September-December 1941; title: The Mediterranean war : June 1941-August 1942; title: The Russian war : October 1941-November 1942; title: The Asian war : December 1941-May 1942; title: The Mediterranean war : August 1942-May 1943; title: The Asian war : December 1941-November 1942; title: The Russian war : November 1942-June 1944; title: The Asian war : June 1942-August 1944; title: The European war : May 1943-August 1944; title: The sea and air war; title: The Axis retreat : August-November 1944; title: The home war; title: End game : December 1944-September 1945; title: Checkmate : January 1945-December 1946; title: Epilogue.