World War II: A New History - Softcover

Mawdsley, Evan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521608430 ISBN 13: 9780521608435

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This book is a magisterial global history of World War II. Beginning in 1937 with the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, Evan Mawdsley shows how the origins of World War II lay in a conflict between the old international order and the new and then traces the globalisation of the conflict as it swept through Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. His primary focus is on the war's military and strategic history though he also examines the political, economic, ideological, and cultural factors which influenced the course of events. The war's consequences are examined too, not only in terms of the defeat of the Axis but also the break-up of colonial empires and the beginning of the Cold War. Accessibly written and well-illustrated with maps and photographs, this compelling new account also includes short studies of the key figures, events and battles that shaped the war.

About this title

Book Description:

This book is a major global history of the Second World War. Evan Mawdsley shows that this was a battle for supremacy between the old world order and the new and that it was as much an Asian or Pacific war as a European one.

About the Author:

Evan Mawdsley is Professor of International History in the Department of History, University of Glasgow. His previous publications include The Russian Civil War (1983/2008), The Soviet Elite from Lenin to Gorbachev: The Central Committee and its Members, 1917-1991 (with Stephen White, 2000), The Stalin Years: The Soviet Union, 1929-1953 (2003) and Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941-1945 (2005).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521608430
• ISBN 13: 9780521608435
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 498