The Battle of Britain. Pearl Harbour. Stalingrad. D-Day. These defining events of the Second World War exemplify both the immense heroism and the grievous costs of global conflict. They are the tense, thrilling moments that had the potential to swing the war in favour of either side and in turn chan[...]
Provides the history of international relations in the period from the Second World War to the close of the Cold War. Offering an explanation of events and their context, this book covers the concepts that have dominated our thinking on international history during the period of the Cold War, Detent[...]
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 ha[...]
Attacken på Pearl Harbor, slaget om Stalingrad och landstigningen vid Normandie är tre exempel på avgörande vändpunkter under andra världskriget. De representerar också mytomspunna historiska skeenden där utgången i efterhand tycks ha varit förutbestämd. Men som författaren visar i denna[...]