Second World War in Europe

By S. P. Mackenzie
Feb 1999
Pearson Education / Longman
ISBN: 0582326923
160 pages, Illustrated, 4 ¼" x 8 ½"
$39.50 Paper original

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Unlike most other books on the subject this is a very welcome short book on the Second World War in Europe. Dr MacKenzie covers concisely all the major military campaigns, the important economic and social aspects of the war, and wartime diplomacy.

After an opening chapter on the origins of the war, there are two main chronological chapters - providing a clear narrative and analysis of events- and two thematic ones looking at issues such as barbarism and the Holocaust and strategic bombing and the U-Boat War. This is the ideal text for anyone studying the Second World War for the first time: succinct, up-to-date, and always highly readable.

Contents
Glossary
Guide to Characters
Preface

PART ONE: BACKGROUND
1. The Road to War

PART TWO: THE SECOND WORLD WAR
2. The Flow of the Blitzkrieg
3. Peoples at War
4. Conducting War
5. The Ebb of Blitzkrieg 1942-45

PART THREE: ASSESSMENT
6. The End of the War and After
Documents
Chronology
Maps
Index

Features
• Includes sections on the strategic, ideological, economic and social dimensions of the war.
• Introduces the main historiographical debates on the war in Europe.

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