The Second World War

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An Owl Book A magisterial work
It began with the German invasion of Poland on September 1,1939. By the time it came to an end on V-J Day—August 14, 1945—it had involved every major power and become global in its reach. In the final accounting, it would turn out to be, in both human terms and material resources, the costliest war in history, taking the lives of forty million people.
Now, in one brilliant volume, eminent historian Martin Gilbert offers the complete history of the Second World War. With unparalleled scholarship and breadth of vision, Gilbert, the official biographer of Winston Churchill as well as one of the leading experts on the Holocaust, weaves together political, military, diplomatic, and civilian elements to provide a global perspective on the war, creating a work that is both a treasure trove of information and a gripping, dramatic narrative.
"Mr. Gilbert brings the strongest possible credentials to his history of World War II, and
shows how the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

An Owl Book A magisterial work
It began with the German invasion of Poland on September 1,1939. By the time it came to an end on V-J Day—August 14, 1945—it had involved every major power and become global in its reach. In the final accounting, it would turn out to be, in both human terms and material resources, the costliest war in history, taking the lives of forty million people.
Now, in one brilliant volume, eminent historian Martin Gilbert offers the complete history of the Second World War. With unparalleled scholarship and breadth of vision, Gilbert, the official biographer of Winston Churchill as well as one of the leading experts on the Holocaust, weaves together political, military, diplomatic, and civilian elements to provide a global perspective on the war, creating a work that is both a treasure trove of information and a gripping, dramatic narrative.
"Mr. Gilbert brings the strongest possible credentials to his history of World War II, and
shows how the greatest war ever fought reached into every corner of the globe."
—Herbert Mitgang, The New York Times* "Gilbert's flowing narrative is spiced with anecdotal details culled from diaries, memoirs, and
official documents. He is especially skillful at interweaving summaries of military strategy with vignettes of civilian suffering." —newsweek
"IF you want to know what happened in world war II, read gilbert's exhaustive detail."
—Los Angeles Times
"Brings the losses and the horrors of the war home to us more urgently than a more accented account might do." —gordon a. craig, the new york times book review
"Surprisingly effective in reminding us that World War II was more than a series of battles
and feats of arms." —washington post book world
"Gilbert overcomes the passage of fifty years to remind us that people died horribly and often
anonymously every day of the war. TO all those who did, but especially to those for whom we have little or no record, gilbert proffers this book as their monument." —chicago tribune
"A bayeux tapestry in its day-to-day presentation of events, but a 'guernica' in its impact."
—The Times (London) Vissza