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No simple victory : World War II in Europe, 1939-1945 / Norman Davies.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Viking, 2007.Edition: 1st American edDescription: ix, 544 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780670018321
  • 0670018325
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.53/4
LOC classification:
  • D 743 D256n 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Interpretation : five factors -- Warfare : military action in Europe, 1939-1945 -- Politics : before, during, and after the war -- Soldiers : from enlistment to war grave -- Civilians : life and death in wartime -- Portrayals : the Second World War in pictures, literature and history -- Inconclusions.
Summary: A leading historian re-examines World War II and its outcome. Davies asks readers to reconsider what they know about World War II, and how the received wisdom might be biased or incorrect. He poses simple questions that have complicated and unexpected answers. For instance, Can you name the five biggest battles of the war in Europe? Or, What were the main political ideologies that were contending for supremacy? The answers to these and other questions--and the implications of those answers--will surprise even those who feel that they are experts on the subject.--From publisher description.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) D 743 D256n 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000071877

"Published in Great Britain as Europe at War 1939-1945 : no simple victory by Macmillan"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-508) and index.

Interpretation : five factors -- Warfare : military action in Europe, 1939-1945 -- Politics : before, during, and after the war -- Soldiers : from enlistment to war grave -- Civilians : life and death in wartime -- Portrayals : the Second World War in pictures, literature and history -- Inconclusions.

A leading historian re-examines World War II and its outcome. Davies asks readers to reconsider what they know about World War II, and how the received wisdom might be biased or incorrect. He poses simple questions that have complicated and unexpected answers. For instance, Can you name the five biggest battles of the war in Europe? Or, What were the main political ideologies that were contending for supremacy? The answers to these and other questions--and the implications of those answers--will surprise even those who feel that they are experts on the subject.--From publisher description.

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