No simple victory : World War II in Europe, 1939-1945 / by Norman Davies.

By: Davies, Norman, 1939-Contributor(s): Davies, Norman, 1939-. Europe at WarMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Viking, 2007Description: ix, 544 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780670018321 (pbk); 0670018325Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe | Europe -- History -- 1918-1945DDC classification: 940.53
Contents:
Interpretation : five factors -- Warfare : military action in Europe, 1939-1945 -- Politics : before, during, and after the war -- Soldiers : from enlistment to war grave -- Civilians : life and death in wartime -- Portrayals : the Second World War in pictures, literature and history -- Inconclusions.
Summary: A leading historian re-examines World War II and its outcome. Davies asks readers to reconsider what they know about World War II, and how the received wisdom might be biased or incorrect. He poses simple questions that have complicated and unexpected answers. For instance, Can you name the five biggest battles of the war in Europe? Or, What were the main political ideologies that were contending for supremacy? The answers to these and other questions--and the implications of those answers--will surprise even those who feel that they are experts on the subject.--From publisher description.
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"Published in Great Britain as Europe at War 1939-1945 : no simple victory by Macmillan"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-508) and index.

Interpretation : five factors -- Warfare : military action in Europe, 1939-1945 -- Politics : before, during, and after the war -- Soldiers : from enlistment to war grave -- Civilians : life and death in wartime -- Portrayals : the Second World War in pictures, literature and history -- Inconclusions.

A leading historian re-examines World War II and its outcome. Davies asks readers to reconsider what they know about World War II, and how the received wisdom might be biased or incorrect. He poses simple questions that have complicated and unexpected answers. For instance, Can you name the five biggest battles of the war in Europe? Or, What were the main political ideologies that were contending for supremacy? The answers to these and other questions--and the implications of those answers--will surprise even those who feel that they are experts on the subject.--From publisher description.

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