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The Second World War
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The Second World War (1989) (edit title/settings)

by John Keegan (Author) (edit contributors)

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Much more than a mere chronological narrative, the history of World War II is recounted both periodically and thematically. Keegan analyzes five crucial battles, each characteristic of a distinctive kind of warfare ofthe period. Photographs, maps, diagrams.

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  • “Every citizen a soldier and every soldier a citizen.”
  • “He who defends everything defends nothing.”
    Frederick the Great
  • “They all died with the greatest possible violence.”
    Robert Sherrod

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The First <World> War explains the second and, in fact, caused it, in so far as one event causes another, wrote A.J.P. Taylor in his Origins of the Second World War.

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--Prologue--
1 Every man a soldier
2 Fomenting world war

--Part I--
3 The Triumph of Blitzkrieg
4 Air Battle: the Battle of Britain
5 War supply and Battle of the Atlantic

Errata edit see section history

Chapter 3 refers to P.P.J. Gransard. Last name is misspelled. Full name is Pierre-Paul-Jacques Grandsard.

Chapter 14 has this (partial) line: "the Kate and Val torpedo- and and dive-bombers, though slower than their American counterparts." This was written in the chapter dealing with the Battle of Midway. The chapter covers that battle as well as the Battle of Coral Sea. The carrier torpedo plane used by the Ameicans in both of these battles, the Devastator, was slower than its Japanese equivalent, the B5N2 Kate. The replacement for the Devastator, the Avenger was used at Midway as a land based plane. The Avenger was faster than the Kate.

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This is book 68 of 102 in National Review - 100 Best Non-fiction Books of the Century. (authoritative list)

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  1. John Keegan (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Hutchinson
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0091740118
Page Count: 608

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  • The origins of the Second World War / A.J.P. Taylor
  • Mein Kampf
  • The Grapes of Wrath

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