TY - BOOK AU - Weinberg,Gerhard L. ED - American Council of Learned Societies. TI - A world at arms: a global history of World War II SN - 0521443172 U1 - 940.53 22 PY - 1994/// CY - Cambridge [Eng.], New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - World War 2 KW - History KW - Global data N1 - 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; Electronic reproduction; Ann Arbor, Mich.; University of Michigan, Scholarly Publishing Office; 2002; Mode of access: World Wide Web; Available to subscribing institutions ER -