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The origins of the Second World War / R.J. Overy.
- Title
- The origins of the Second World War / R.J. Overy.
- Author
- Overy, R. J.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Longman, 1998.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 145 p. : maps; 22 cm.
- Summary
- This edition contains material on intelligence and war and the author stresses that the policy of France and Britain was governed primarily by reasons of state, and only secondarily by moral considerations.
- Series Statement
- Seminar studies in history
- Uniform Title
- Seminar studies in history
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-138) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Explaining the Second World War -- 2. The International Crisis -- The collapse of the League -- France and Britain -- America and the Soviet Union -- From the Rhineland to Munich -- 3. Economic and Imperial Rivalry -- The imperial powers -- The 'have-not' powers -- The failure of 'Economic Appeasement' -- 4. Armaments and Domestic Politics -- Rearmament -- Finance, industry and labour -- Rearmament and domestic politics -- 5. War Over Poland -- The aftermath of Munich -- The Soviet factor -- The outbreak of war -- 6. From European to World War -- The war in the west -- Barbarossa -- The coming of world war -- 7. Hitler's War?
- ISBN
- 0582290856
- LCCN
- ^^^97038405^
- OCLC
- 60166487
- SCSB-11304511
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library