Military Planning and the Origins of the Second World War in Europe:
Contributors: B.J.C. McKercher (Editor); Roch Legault (Editor)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: December 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780275961589
Subjects: Defence strategy, planning & research; European history: Second World War; International relations; World history: Second World War; Military History - World War II; Military Tactics And Strategy; History - Military / War; Military; Europe; History & Theory - General; Military - World War II; History / Military / General; 20th century; Causes; History; Military planning; World War, 1939-1945
First sentence: I am inclined to believe that the poster advertising the symposium from which this volume derives says it all for me: the wicked and the weak meeting at Munich to decide the fate of Czechoslovakia; and, in disposing of the Czechs, determining the destiny of the world for the next seven years-a destiny we know to be fraught with destruction and unexampled horrors; and this historic meeting is portrayed against the background of what I take to be Nazis rallying at Nuremberg (and beneath which are the bombed-out buildings that resulted from their triumphant march to power).