The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won - Couverture rigide

Hanson, Victor Davis

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ISBN 10 : 0465066984 ISBN 13 : 9780465066988

Editeur : Basic Books, 2017

Synopsis

A "breathtakingly magisterial" account of World War II by America's preeminent military historian (Wall Street Journal)

World War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a war been fought on so many diverse landscapes and in so many different ways, from rocket attacks in London to jungle fighting in Burma to armor strikes in Libya.

The Second World Wars examines how combat unfolded in the air, at sea, and on land to show how distinct conflicts among disparate combatants coalesced into one interconnected global war. Drawing on 3,000 years of military history, bestselling author Victor Davis Hanson argues that despite its novel industrial barbarity, neither the war's origins nor its geography were unusual. Nor was its ultimate outcome surprising. The Axis powers were well prepared to win limited border conflicts, but once they blundered into global war, they had no hope of victory.

An authoritative new history of astonishing breadth, The Second World Wars offers a stunning reinterpretation of history's deadliest conflict.

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À propos de l?auteur

Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow in military history at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno. He is the author of over two dozen books, including A War Like No Other, The Second World Wars, and The End of Everything. He lives in Selma, California. 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0465066984
• ISBN 13: 9780465066988
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 720
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