The origins of the Second World War in Europe

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  • Author: Bell, P. M. H
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    "PMH Bell's famous book is a comprehensive study of the period and debates surrounding the European origins of the Second World War. He approaches the subject from three different angles: describing the various explanations that have been offered for the war and the historiographical debates that have arisen from them, analysing the ideological, economic and strategic forces at work in Europe during the 1930s, and tracing the course of events from peace in 1932, via the initial outbreak of hostilities in 1939, through to the climactic German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 which marked the descent into general conflict. "

    Contents:
    • On War and the Causes of War
    • A Thirty Years War? The Disintegration of Europe
    • The Case Against a Thirty Years War: The Restoration of Europe
    • History and Historians
    • Italian Fascism
    • German Nazism
    • Parliamentary Democracy: France and Britain
    • Soviet Communism Economic Issues and the Coming of War
    • The Great Depression and International Relations
    • Economic Problems and the Coming of War The Role of Strategy and Armed Force
    • Armed Forces, Strategy and Foreign Policy (1): France and Britain
    • Armed Forces, Strategy and Foreign Policy (2): Italy, Germany and the Soviet Union
    • From Peace to the Eve of War, 1932-1937
    • War postponed, 1938
    • Decisions for War, 1939
    • The Expanding War, 1939-1940
    • Germany and the Soviet Union, 1940-1941.
    Original Publisher: Harlow : Longman, 2007
    Language(s): English

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Abstract

"PMH Bell's famous book is a comprehensive study of the period and debates surrounding the European origins of the Second World War. He approaches the subject from three different angles: describing the various explanations that have been offered for the war and the historiographical debates that have arisen from them, analysing the ideological, economic and strategic forces at work in Europe during the 1930s, and tracing the course of events from peace in 1932, via the initial outbreak of hostilities in 1939, through to the climactic German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 which marked the descent into general conflict. "

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Harlow : Longman, 2007

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9781405840286

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