TY  - BOOK
AU  - Overy,R.J.
TI  - The Oxford illustrated history of World War II
SN  - 0199605823
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Pictorial works
N1  - Includes bibliography (pages [455]-468) and index; Introduction: Total war--Global war / Richard Overy -- The genesis of World War / Patricia Clavin -- The Japanese Empire at War, 1931-1945 / Steven Hugh Lee -- The Italian Wars / Nicola Labanca -- The German Wars / Richard Overy -- The West and the War at sea / Eric Grove -- The Allies from defeat to victory / Evan Mawdsley -- Fighting power: War-making and military innovation / David French -- Economies in total War / Richard Overy -- Front Line I: Armed Forces at War / Michael Snape -- Front Line II: Civilians at War / Richard Overy -- Unnatural deaths / Richard Bessel -- Brains at War: Inventions and experts / David Edgerton -- The culture of War: Ideas, arts, and propaganda / David Welch -- From World War to Cold War / Geoffrey Roberts
N2  - A team of leading historians re-assesses the conflict for a new generation, exploring the course of the war not just in terms of the Allied response but also from the viewpoint of the Axis aggressor states. Under Richard Overy's expert editorial guidance, the contributions take us from the genesis of war, through the action in the major theatres of conflict by land, sea, and air, to assessments of fighting power and military and technical innovation, the economics of total war, the culture and propaganda of war, and the experience of war (and genocide) for both combatants and civilians, concluding with an account of the transition from World War to Cold War in the late 1940s. Together, they provide a stimulating and thought-provoking new interpretation of one of the most terrible and fascinating episodes in world history
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