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Origins of the Second World War in Europe, The (2nd Edition) (Origins Of Modern Wars)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.53112
EAN: 9780582304703
Edition: 2
ISBN: 0582304709
Label: Longman
Manufacturer: Longman
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: August 02, 1997
Publisher: Longman
Studio: Longman
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Rating: - Lucid Analysis
This concise and very well written book is thoughtful distillation of the enormous literature related to the onset of WWII in Europe. The simple question, who started WWII, has a simple answer. It was Adolf Hitler. The simple answer obscures a whole series of considerably more difficult questions. How did a marginal figure and 4th-rate ideologue like Hitler come to rule the most powerful state in Europe? Why wasn't there more initial resistance to Hitler? What was the role of the Great Depression? ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent
Bell does a fine job of looking at just what brought about the Second World War. He explains its connections to the Great War, by first discussing the idea of a Thirty Years War, and by then examining how the first war and its results brought about the second. Bell also provides readers with the roles and views of the various ideologies and the many desires for and against war, and also the many strategies involved with each of the main players. An excellent book for anyone wishing to better understand the ... Read More
Rating: - Stellar
This is a great book everyone should read, I salute it.
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