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Synopsis

Originally published under the title Total War, this acclaimed analysis of the causes and courses of the Second World War has stood the tests of time and criticism.

Reviews

Critic Review:

"Combines elegance of style with mastery of the subject....It retains its preeminent position." --Lawrence Freedman, Sunday Times (London)

"A key work." --Financial Times

Table of contents

THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Introduction to the Second Edition

Part 1: The Sources Of War In Europe

1. The Background

Hitler
Germany
Europe

2. From Versailles to the Soldiers' Oath: 1919-34

3. The Futile Opposition: 1934-8

4. Munich . . . Prague . . . Warsaw

Part II: Hitler's Wars: 1939-41

5. From Poland to the North Cape

6. The Fall of France

7. The Battle of Britain

8. The Mediterranean, North Afica and the Middle East

9. Barbarossa

10. War with America

Part III: Europe Under The Nazis

11. The New Order

12. Exploitation

13. Resistance

14. Revolution in the South-East

15. France

Part IV: The Middle Game

16. The Muster against the Axis

17. The Clearing of North Africa

18. The End of Fascism

19. Hitler's German Enemies

20. Great Britain at War

Part V: The Defeat of Germany: 1942-5

21. The Battle of the Seas

22. The Victory of the USSR

23. Mass Bombing

24. The Western Fronts

25. Disintegration

Epilogue

THE GREATER EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC CONFLICT

Part 1: Asian Conflict

1. China and Japan

2. Japan in International Affairs

3. The Japan Which Struck

4. The China Which Was Struck At

5. Naval Conflicts by Methods Short of War

6. The Great Manchurian Adventure

7. China: Internal Revolutions and Foreign Policy

8. Japan: Internal Revolutions and Foreign Policy

9. The War Resumed: The Outbreak of the China Incident

10. International Alarums: Japan and Appeasement

11. India and the Conflict

12. The Magnetic North

Part II: Ocean Clash

13. The War Changes its Character

14. The Negotiation preceding War

15. The Bombardment of Pearl Harbor

16. The War After Pearl Harbor

Part III: The High Tide of War

17. Japan's Hundred Days
Hong Kong
The Philippines
Malaya
Borneo
Burma
The Netherlands East Indies

18. The Storm in India

19. Four Loose Threads
Jimmy Doolittle's Air Raid and its Aftermath
Indian Ocean Excursions Limited
The Coral Sea
The Battle Of Midway

20. MacArthur and Nimitz in the Pacific

Part IV: The Defeat of Japan

21. Mid-1943

22. Two Indian Armies

23. China 1942-3

24. Twilight

25. The End

Epilogue

Chronological Skeleton
Bibliographies
Maps
Index: The Western Hemisphere
Index: The Greater East Asia and Pacific Conflict

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