The Second World War : a military history /
Corrigan, Gordon 1942-
The Second World War : a military history / Gordon Corrigan. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2011. - xxviii, 620 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
"First published in Great Britain by Atlantic Books Ltd."--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 594-601) and index.
Prelude : February 1942 -- On your marks- -- Get set- -- Go! -- Interlude : Britain at war : May 1940-June 1941 -- The Russian war : June-October 1941 -- The Asian war : September-December 1941 -- The Mediterranean war : June 1941-August 1942 -- The Russian war : October 1941-November 1942 -- The Asian war : December 1941-May 1942 -- The Mediterranean war : August 1942-May 1943 -- The Asian war : December 1941-November 1942 -- The Russian war : November 1942-June 1944 -- The Asian war : June 1942-August 1944 -- The European war : May 1943-August 1944 -- The sea and air war -- The Axis retreat : August-November 1944 -- The home war -- End game : December 1944-September 1945 -- Checkmate : January 1945-December 1946 -- Epilogue.
Reassesses World War II as a collection of separate, uncoordinated campaigns fought in Europe, Asia, and the Mediterranean, evaluating the disparate agendas of warring nations to offer a revisionist interpretation of how the war was fought and won.
9780312577094 (hc. : alk. paper) 0312577095 (hc : alk. paper)
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns.
World War, 1939-1945--Causes.
Guerra mundial II, 1939-1945
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The Second World War : a military history / Gordon Corrigan. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2011. - xxviii, 620 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
"First published in Great Britain by Atlantic Books Ltd."--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 594-601) and index.
Prelude : February 1942 -- On your marks- -- Get set- -- Go! -- Interlude : Britain at war : May 1940-June 1941 -- The Russian war : June-October 1941 -- The Asian war : September-December 1941 -- The Mediterranean war : June 1941-August 1942 -- The Russian war : October 1941-November 1942 -- The Asian war : December 1941-May 1942 -- The Mediterranean war : August 1942-May 1943 -- The Asian war : December 1941-November 1942 -- The Russian war : November 1942-June 1944 -- The Asian war : June 1942-August 1944 -- The European war : May 1943-August 1944 -- The sea and air war -- The Axis retreat : August-November 1944 -- The home war -- End game : December 1944-September 1945 -- Checkmate : January 1945-December 1946 -- Epilogue.
Reassesses World War II as a collection of separate, uncoordinated campaigns fought in Europe, Asia, and the Mediterranean, evaluating the disparate agendas of warring nations to offer a revisionist interpretation of how the war was fought and won.
9780312577094 (hc. : alk. paper) 0312577095 (hc : alk. paper)
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns.
World War, 1939-1945--Causes.
Guerra mundial II, 1939-1945
D 743 / C825s 2011
940.54/2 2 23