| Publication |
Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2002.
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| Description |
48pBlue Spine
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| Series |
20th Century Perspectives
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| Summary/Abstract |
Provides an in-depth account of the events, examining issues and forces at play, lead-up and aftermath, leaders and groups, weapons and technology that caused the World War II.
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| Contents |
World War Two begins
THE POST WAR SETTLEMENT
What were the causes of World War Two?
The Treaty of Versailles
Shifting powers
DEPRESSION
Germany in the 1920s
THe effects of the Great Depression
THE RISE OF THE DICTATORS
Mussolini and facist Italy
Japan after World War One
The rise of Hitler
Hitler's Germany
The Soviet Union between the wars
Franco and Spain
THE ROAD TO WAR
Japan's ambitions for empire
Italy's new Roman Empire
Hitler tests the water
Appeasement and Munich
The Nazi-Soviet Pact
THE SECOND WORLD WAR
War breaks out
From European war to world war
Learning the lessons
Timeline
Further reading
Glossary
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| Standard Number |
0431120072 Hb.
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