Short History of World War II

A Short History of World War IIis essentially a military history, but it reaches from the peace settlements of World War I to the drastically altered postwar world of the late 1940's.Lucidly written and eminently readable, it is factual and accurate enough to satisfy professional historians.A Short History of World War IIwill appeal equally to the general reader, the veteran who fought in the War, and the student interested in understanding the contemporary political world.