From one war to another -- From the German and Soviet invasions of Poland to the German attack in the West, September 1, to -- The world turned upside down -- The expanding conflict, -- The Eastern Front and a changing war, June to December, -- Halting the Japanese advance, halting the German advance; keeping them apart and shifting the balance: User Interaction Count: A World at Arms is a fascinating account of the Second World War and the world that the war reshaped. Gerhard L. Weinberg was born in Germany and spent the first year of 5/5(1). · In a new edition featuring a new preface, A World of Arms remains a classic of global history. Widely hailed as a masterpiece, this volume remains /5(4).
Open global navigation. Cambridge University Press Academic. Cambridge University Press; A World at Arms A Global History of World War II. 2nd Edition. £ Author: Gerhard L. Weinberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Date Published: July ; availability: In stock ; format: Paperback;. Includes bibliographical references (p. []) and index From one war to another -- From the German and Soviet invasions of Poland to the German attack in the West, September 1, to -- The world turned upside down -- The expanding conflict, -- The Eastern Front and a changing war, June to December, -- Halting the Japanese advance, halting the German advance. As Gerhard Weinberg makes clear, this is not the revision of the first edition as a whole that might be anticipated from the use of the term 'second edition', a Jeremy Black, A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II, The English Historical Review, Volume CXXI, Issue , December , Page
From one war to another -- From the German and Soviet invasions of Poland to the German attack in the West, September 1, to -- The world turned upside down -- The expanding conflict, -- The Eastern Front and a changing war, June to December, -- Halting the Japanese advance, halting the German advance; keeping them apart and shifting the balance: December to November -- The war at sea, , and the blockade -- The war in Europe and North Africa. Weinberg argues that more emphasis should be placed on the American casualties that would have stemmed from the use of atomic bombs in tactical support of any invasion, and also on the strategic situation in China and South-east Asia, and the willingness of the Japanese to kill Allied prisoners of war. Weinberg underlines the centrality of killing Jews to German war-making, not only on the Eastern Front but also, for example, in terms of the intended exploitation of victory in North Africa. In A WORLD AT ARMS: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II, Gerhard L. Weinberg has produced the best one-volume history of the war to date. Weinberg writes with authority. A World at Arms Critical Essays - bltadwin.ru Writers of puffs and press releases have devalued the term magisterial, which is a pity, because this remarkable volume deserves it.
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