Second World War - Uldricks, Teddy J.

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Résumé :
This work provides a comprehensive and balanced analysis of the Second World War in all its aspects - military, diplomatic, political, economic, social, and ecological. It explores the complex origins of the conflict in Europe and in the Far East as well as its lasting impact on the postwar world....

Biographie:
Teddy Uldricks, PhD, has taught college-level courses on the Second World War for over forty years. He is an Emeritus Professor of History, University of North Carolina, Asheville. Dr. Uldricks now teaches a variety of courses on World War II at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has written extensively on Russia and the origins of the Second World War, including an earlier book, Diplomacy and Ideology: The Origins of Soviet Foreign Relations. He is widely regarded as a leading authority on Soviet foreign affairs in the interwar years. His current research project focuses on the appeasement of aggressors in the 1930s as a global phenomenon....

Sommaire:

Preface
Acronyms, Titles, and Terms
PART I: THE ORIGINS OF WAR
1 From War to Peace
2 The Origins of War in Asia
3 Hitler's Drive to War
PART II: THE AXIS ONSLAUGHT
4 Nazi Conquest: Opening Rounds
5 Nazi Conquest: The Fall of France and the Battle of Britain
6 Mediterranean War
7 Barbarossa
8 From the China Incident to the Pacific War
PART III: WAR BEHIND THE LINES
9 Home Fronts: Axis
10 Home Fronts: Allies
11 Life in Occupied Europe
12 Ethnic Cleansing and the Holocaust
13 Occupation/Collaboration/Resistance: Asia
PART IV: THE ALLIED VICTORY
14 The Eastern Front: A Shifting Balance
15 The Eastern Front: Red Army Triumphant
16 The Western Allies Strike
17 Western Allies Assault Fortress Europe
18 The China, Burma, India Theater
19 The Allies Strike Back in the Pacific
20 Defeating Japan
PART V: A WORLD MADE BY WAR
21 The Postwar World
Selected Readings
Index
About the Author