The Origins of the Second World War
Published on 21. November 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-4051-1562-9 (ISBN)
Description
Over the past half century historians have analysed the causes of the Second World War from a wide range of perspectives - from Marxist inspired defences of Soviet policy to aggressive critiques of 'appeasement' influenced by the Cold War context in which they were written. The resulting literature is massive and a massive challenge to those trying to make sense of the subject. This is the first account of its kind aimed at helping students understand how the debates have evolved and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of contending interpretations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-1562-9 (9781405115629)
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Person
DR. PETER JACKSON is Senior Lecturer in International Politics in the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is author of France and the Nazi Menace: Intelligence and Policy-making 1933-1939 (Oxford University Press, 2000), published in the Oxford Historical Monographs series, and has published inter alia in Intelligence and National Security, Historical Journal, Journal of Strategic Studies, Diplomacy and Statecraft and Guerres Mondiales et Conflits Contemporaines
Content
Chapter 1: What is international history?.Chapter 2: The lost peace.Chapter 3: The impact of the First World War on international relations.Chapter 4: Was there an international order in the 1920s?.Chapter 5: Did the depression cause the Second World War.Chapter 6: Did Hitler control Nazi foreign policy?.Chapter 7: How revolutionary was Italian foreign policy?.Chapter 8: Why was there no 'democratic' response to the international challenges of the 1930s?.Chapter 9: Was Japan aiming for war?.Chapter 10: Imperialism or isolationism? American foreign policy between the two world wars.Chapter 11: National security or world revolution? What were the objectives of Soviet foreign policy?.Chapter 12: The international crises of the 1930s.Conclusion: