Weinberg, Gerhard L.

A world at arms : a global history of World War II / Gerhard L. Weinberg. - Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994. - xix, 1178 p. : maps ; 25 cm.

Maps on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [945]-1125) and index.

Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Introduction -- 1. From one war to another -- 2. The German and Soviet attacks on Poland -- 3. The world turned upside down -- 4. The expanding conflict -- 5. The Eastern Front and a changing war -- 6. Halting the Japanese advance, halting the German advance: keeping them apart and shifting the balance -- 7. The war at sea 1942-44 and the blockade -- 8. The war in Europe and North Africa 1940-43: to and from Stalingrad, to and from Tunis -- 9. The Home Front -- 10. Means of warfare: old and new -- 11. The war from the spring of 1943 to summer 1944 -- 12. The assault on Germany from all sides -- 13. Tensions in both alliances -- 14. The halt on the European fronts -- 15. The final assault on Germany -- 16. The war in the Pacific: from Leyte to the 'Missouri' -- Conclusions: the cost and impact of the war -- Abbreviations -- Bibliographic essay -- Endnotes -- Index.


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2002.
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World War, 1939-1945.

World War 2 History Global data

940.53 / WEW 1994