Paths to war : new essays on the origins of the Second World War

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Paths to war : new essays on the origins of the Second World War

edited by Robert Boyce and Esmonde M. Robertson

Macmillan Education, 1989

  • : pbk

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Note

Bibliography: p. 408-417

Includes index

Contents of Works

  • Introduction / Robert Boyce
  • The legacy of the First World War / Michael Howard
  • World war, world depression :some economic origins of the Second World War / Robert Boyce
  • Hitler's war plans and the German economy / Richard Overy
  • The cut price war on the peripheries : the French General Staff, the Rhineland, and Czechoslovakia / Nicole Jordan
  • Anglo-Italian rivalry in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, 1935-1940 / Steven Morewood
  • The European great powers and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 / Glyn Stone
  • "Guilty men" : the case of Neville Chamberlain / Sidney Aster
  • Why the British dominions declared war / Ritchie Ovendale
  • Deterrent diplomacy : Roosevelt and the containment of Germany, 1938-1940 / Callum MacDonald
  • German mobilization preparations and the treaties between Germany and the Soviet Union of August and September 1939 / Esmonde M. Robertson
  • Hitler turns from the West to Russia, May-December 1940 / Esmonde M. Robertson
  • The Japanese decision to move south / Sumio Hatano and Sadao Asada

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780333375174

Description

Esmonde Robertson has assembled an international team of contributors who each consider a key aspect of the subject. This collection of essays considers how the major issues have been tackled by the leading authorities and provides students with access to some of the latest research.

Table of Contents

  • The legacy of World War I, M.Howard
  • the political repercussions of the world economic crisis, R.Boyce
  • Hitler's war plans and the German economy, R.Overy
  • Anglo-Italian rivalry in the Mediterranean and Middle East 1935-1939, S.Morewood
  • the international repercussions of the Spanish Civil War, G.Stone
  • the breakdown of the French system of security 1935-1938, N.Jordan
  • appeasement and deterrence in Chamberlain's policy towards Germany, S.Aster
  • the transition from neutrality to entertainment in Roosevelt's foreign policy, C.A.MacDonald
  • why the British Dominions declared war, R.Ovendale
  • Hitler's decision to move South, S.Asada.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780333375181

Description

Esmonde Robertson has assembled an international team of contributors who each consider a key aspect of the subject. This collection of essays considers how the major issues have been tackled by the leading authorities and provides studends with access to some of the latest research.

Table of Contents

  • The legacy of World War I, M.Howard
  • the political repercussions of the world economic crisis, R.Boyce
  • Hitler's war plans and the German economy, R.Overy
  • Anglo-Italian rivalry in the Mediterranean and Middle East 1935-1939, S.Morewood
  • the international repercussions of the Spanish Civil War, G.Stone
  • the breakdown of the French system of security 1935-1938, N.Jordan
  • appeasement and deterrence in Chamberlain's policy towards Germany, S.Aster
  • the transition from neutrality to entertainment in Roosevelt's foreign policy, C.A.MacDonald
  • why the British Dominions declared war, R.Ovendale
  • Hitler's decision to move South, S.Asada.

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  • NCID
    BA09971578
  • ISBN
    • 0333375173
    • 0333375181
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Basingstoke
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 431 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
  • Classification
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