Blood and ruins the last imperial war, 1931-1945
"A thought-provoking and original reassessment of World War II, from Britain's leading military historian Richard Overy sets out in Blood and Ruins to recast the way in which we view the Second World War and its origins and aftermath. As one of Britain's most decorated and respected World War II his...
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| Language: | English |
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[New York] :
Viking,
2022.
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| Edition: | First North American edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: 'Blood and ruins'--the age of imperial war
- Nation-empires and global crisis, 1931-40
- Imperial fantasies, imperial realities, 1940-43
- The death of the nation-empire, 1942-45
- Mobilizing a total war
- Fighting the war
- War economies: economies at war
- Just wars? Unjust wars?
- Civilian wars
- The emotional geography of war
- Crimes and atrocities
- Empires into nations: a different global age.
