The world at war : the landmark oral history : from the previously unpublished archives / [edited by] Richard Holmes

Holmes, Richard (1946-2011)

2007, First Edition. London : Ebury Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near fine, faintly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Prelims very faintly rippled and foxed. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #457136
ISBN: 0091917514

Physical description; ix, 661 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Germany's Hitler -- Japan's militarism -- Appeasement and Phoney war -- Battle of the Atlantic 1939-40 -- Fall of France and Dunkirk -- Winston Churchill -- Battle of Britain and the Blitz -- North Africa and the Balkans -- Battle of the Atlantic 1940-41 -- Barbarossa -- Pearl Harbor -- Fall of Malaya and retreat from Burma -- Battle of the Atlantic 1942-43 -- Battle of the Pacific 1942-43 -- Victory in North Africa -- Stalingrad and the Eastern Front -- Strategic bombing: Royal Air Force -- The Holocaust -- Casablanca and Tehran -- Anglo-American relations -- Economic and scientific warfare -- Home front -- Occupation and resistance -- Strategic bombing: US Army Air Force -- The Italian campaign -- D-Day in Normandy -- Battle of the Pacific 1944-45 -- Return to Burma -- Western Europe -- Yalta and Poland -- Fall of Berlin -- Enduring the unendurable -- Settling accounts -- Falling out: views in 1970-72 -- Reflections. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives, World War, 1939-1945.

Price: €10.95