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The War in the West - A New History Author: James Holland

ISBN: 9780593071663 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 720 Published: 2 November 2015 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 23.3 x 15.2 x 3.9 Description: The Second World War is the most cataclysmic event in recent European history. In this new history of the War in the West, historian James Holland looks at the conflict from a broader perspective than ever before, and in doing so, challenges some of the fundamentals of its by-now familiar story.

The first part of this extraordinary new two-volume account spans oceans and continents from the perspectives of all the nations it will engulf. Holland's epic narrative takes us from the opening salvoes to the astonishing early German victories, from the fjords and mountains of Norway to the grey swell of the Atlantic, and from the corridors of power to the islands of the Mediterranean and the deserts of North Africa.

By examining the war on land, in the air and on sea, Holland is able to reveal the events behind the events, and demonstrate that, with the vast industrial mobilization which took place, this was not just military history, but political and economic history too. His guides through this immense human drama are the people who helped to make history, who fought and shaped the war as it evolved: the politicians, industrialists, ...

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