From Versailles to Pearl Harbor: The Origins of the Second World War in Europe and Asia - Hardcover

Lamb, Margaret; Tarling, Nicholas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 033373839X ISBN 13: 9780333738399

Verlag: Red Globe Press, 2001

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Book by Lamb Margaret Tarling Nicholas

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'Their book will be a valuable introduction to anyone coming to the subject for the first time, and even the best-informed reader will find something to think about.' - P.M.H. Bell, University of Liverpool

'...this will attract attention both by its comprehensive character and its smooth writing style...it could be extremely useful in a wide variety of contexts.' - Journal of Military History

'I have rarely if ever read as lucid and comprehensive a survey. It fills a gap in the extensive secondary literature and makes a distinctive contribution of its own. I have enjoyed reading it, and shall recommend it as an essential text.' - Professor Geoffrey Martin, University of Essex

'...students and faculty could profit from its adoption in a diplomatic history course.' - Russell D. Buhite, Journal of American History

Reseña del editor:

In 1941, the European war became a world war. This book tackles that process in its economic, political and ideological dimensions. Margaret Lamb and Nicholas Tarling explore the significance of the Asian factor and the importance of East Asia in the making of the war in Europe and the transformation of the European war of 1939 into the world war of 1941. This Asian factor has often been neglected, but the policies of all the major powers were affected by their world-wide interests. France had its possessions in North Africa and Asia; Nazi Germany chose to become involved in China and to make an agreement with Japan; Britain's action in Europe and the Mediterranean were conditioned by its commitments elsewhere in the world, and the United States and the Soviet Union were both involved in Europe and Asia. In particular the threat that Japan presented to the status quo in East Asia made it difficult for the war in Europe in turn affected the position in East Asia. The US built a two-ocean navy and encouraged the British to continue their struggle by keeping the resources of South East Asia available, and these steps led to a clash with the Japanese.

Lamb and Tarling's global approach throws valuable new light on the origins of the Second World War.

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• Verlag: Red Globe Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 033373839X
• ISBN 13: 9780333738399
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256