The Second World War (aláírt példány)

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Thirty years afterwards it is possible to look
at the Second World War with detachment.
Interest in it is stronger than ever, but we are far
enough away to dispel some of the contemporary
passions and illusions. A. J. P. Taylor has
written a taut comprehensive narrative from the
remote beginnings in April 1932, when the
Kiangsi Soviet declared war on Japan, to the
unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan
in 1945. Unlike most previous writers, Mr Taylor
has bound events before and during the Second
World War together in a single picture, keeping
half a dozen balls in the air at once like the
magician he is. With an unrivalled knowledge of
the evidence in many languages, Mr Taylor
answers many questions that have puzzled
historians. Why did Great Britain and France
go to war for the sake of Poland? Why was
France catastrophically defeated? Why did
Hitler attack Russia? Why were the Americans
taken by surprise at Pearl Harbor ? What was the
decisive turning... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Thirty years afterwards it is possible to look
at the Second World War with detachment.
Interest in it is stronger than ever, but we are far
enough away to dispel some of the contemporary
passions and illusions. A. J. P. Taylor has
written a taut comprehensive narrative from the
remote beginnings in April 1932, when the
Kiangsi Soviet declared war on Japan, to the
unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan
in 1945. Unlike most previous writers, Mr Taylor
has bound events before and during the Second
World War together in a single picture, keeping
half a dozen balls in the air at once like the
magician he is. With an unrivalled knowledge of
the evidence in many languages, Mr Taylor
answers many questions that have puzzled
historians. Why did Great Britain and France
go to war for the sake of Poland? Why was
France catastrophically defeated? Why did
Hitler attack Russia? Why were the Americans
taken by surprise at Pearl Harbor ? What was the
decisive turning point? What were the effects of
strategic bombings? Who were the outstanding
generals of the war ? What part did the
Resistance play ? Was unconditional surrender a
wise policy ? What were the consequences of the
Second World War ? And why did the Cold War
follow it? Mr Taylor defines his own standpoint
in his last sentence: 'Despite all the killing and
destruction that accompanied it, the Second
World War was a good war.' Vissza