The second world wars : how the first global conflict was fought and won / Victor Davis Hanson.
The second world wars : how the first global conflict was fought and won / Victor Davis Hanson.
The second world wars : how the first global conflict was fought and won / Victor Davis Hanson.
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New York, NY : Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, 2017.
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G 2017/6543
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English
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Physical content
xxi, 652 pages, 34 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part I. Ideas -- The war in a classical context -- Grievances, agendas, and methods -- Old, new, and strange alliances -- Part II. Air -- The air power revolution -- From Poland to the Pacific -- New terrors from above -- Part III. Water -- Ships and strategies -- From the Atlantic to the Mediterran...
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New York, NY : Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
World War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Hanson examines how combat unfolded in the air, at sea, and on land to show how distinct conflicts among disparate combatants coalesced into one interconnected global war. He argues that despite its novel industrial barbarity, neither the war's origins nor its geography were unusual. Nor w...
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The second world wars : how the first global conflict was fought and won / Victor Davis Hanson.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-632) and index.
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G 2017/6543
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74VKVGV7kVpb
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9780465066988 (hardcover)
0465066984 (hardcover)
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940.54
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991024152808402626
