Research Catalog

Title

A war to be won : fighting the Second World War / Williamson Murray, Allan R. Millett.

Author

Murray, Williamson.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

Millett, Allan Reed.

Description

xiv, 656 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

• "Williamson Murray and Allan R. Millett analyze the operations and tactics that defined the conduct of the war in both the European and Pacific theaters. Moving between the war room and the battlefield, we see how strategies were crafted and revised and how the multitudes of combat troops struggled to discharge their orders.
• The authors present incisive portraits of military leaders on both sides of the conflict, demonstrating the ambiguities they faced, the opportunities they seized, and those they missed. Throughout, we see the relationship between the actual operations of the war and their political and moral implications.".
• "A War To Be Won is the culmination of decades of research by two of America's premier military historians. It avoids a celebratory view of the war but preserves a profound respect for the problems the Allies faced and overcame, as well as a realistic assessment of the Axis accomplishments and failures. It is the essential military history of World War II - from the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the surrender of Japan in 1945 - for students, scholars, and general readers alike."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

World War, 1939-1945

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 613-637) and index.

Contents

1. Origins of a Catastrophe -- 2. The Revolution in Military Operations, 1919-1939 -- 3. German Designs, 1939-1940 -- 4. Germany Triumphant, 1940 -- 5. Diversions in the Mediterranean and Balkans, 1940-1941 -- 6. Barbarossa, 1941 -- 7. The Origins of the Asia-Pacific War, 1919-1941 -- 8. The Japanese War of Conquest, 1941-1942 -- 9. The Asia-Pacific War, 1942-1944 -- 10. The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1943 -- 11. Year of Decision for Germany, 1942 -- 12. The Combined Bomber Offensive, 1941-1945 -- 13. The Destruction of Japanese Naval Power, 1943-1944 -- 14. The Killing Time, 1943-1944 -- 15. The Invasion of France, 1944 -- 16. The End in Europe, 1944-1945 -- 17. The Destruction of the Japanese Empire, 1944-1945 -- 18. The End of the Asia-Pacific War, 1945 -- 19. Peoples at War, 1937-1945 -- 20. The Aftermath of War -- Epilogue: In Retrospect -- App. 1. Military Organization -- App. 2. The Conduct of War -- App. 3. Weapons -- App. 4. Exploring World War II.

ISBN

067400163X

LCCN

99086624

OCLC

• ocm43109827
• SCSB-3861993

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries