No Simple Victory: World War II in Europe, 1939-1945

No Simple Victory: World War II in Europe, 1939-1945

by Norman Davies
No Simple Victory: World War II in Europe, 1939-1945

No Simple Victory: World War II in Europe, 1939-1945

by Norman Davies

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Overview

One of the world's leading historians re-examines World War II and its outcome

A clear-eyed reappraisal of World War II that offers new insight by reevaluating well-established facts and pointing out lesser-known ones, No Simple Victory asks readers to reconsider what they know about the war, and how that knowledge might be biased or incorrect. Norman Davies poses simple questions that have unexpected answers: Can you name the five biggest battles of the war? What were the main political ideologies that were contending for supremacy? The answers to these questions will surprise even those who feel that they are experts on the subject.

Davies has established himself as a preeminent scholar of World War II. No Simple Victory is an invaluable contribution to twentieth-century history and an illuminating portrait of a conflict that continues to provoke debate.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781440651120
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 08/26/2008
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 592
Sales rank: 738,664
File size: 2 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Norman Davies is a supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Historical Society, and Professor Emeritus at London University. His books include Europe: A History (a New York Times Notable Book), The Isles: A History, and the definitive history of Poland, God’s Playground.

Table of Contents


List of Tables     vi
List of Illustrations     vii
Maps     x
Introduction     1
Interpretation - Five Factors     9
Warfare - Military Action in Europe, 1939-1945     73
Politics - Before, During and After the War     131
Soldiers - From Enlistment to War Grave     205
Civilians - Life and Death in Wartime     283
Portrayals - The Second World War in Pictures, Literature and History     427
Inconclusions     477
Notes     491
Further Reading     509
Index     511

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