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The Meaning of the Second World War

By Ernest Mandel

Book information

Publisher
Verso
Year
2011
ISBN
1844674797, 9781844674794
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5557115 bytes)
Series
Verso World History Series
Edition
New Edition
Pages
212\214
Time added
2013-12-16 01:58:50

Description

The very scale of the 1939–45 war has often tempted historians to study particular campaigns at the expense of the wider panorama. In this readable and richly detailed history of the conflict, the Belgian scholar Ernest Mandel (author of the acclaimed Late Capitalism) outlines his view that the war was in fact a combination of several distinct struggles and a battle between rival imperialisms for world hegemony. In concise chapters, Mandel examines the role played by technology, science, logistics, weapons and propaganda. Throughout, he weaves a consideration of the military strategy of the opposing states into his analytical narrative of the war and its results.

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