A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II

by Weinberg, Gerhard L.

• ISBN13: 9780521618267
• ISBN10: 0521618266
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Widely hailed as a masterpiece, this is the first history of World War II to provide a truly global account of the war that encompassed six continents. Starting with the changes that restructured Europe and her colonies following the First World War, Gerhard Weinberg sheds new light on every aspect of World War II. Actions of the Axis, the Allies, and the Neutrals are covered in every theater of the war. More importantly, the global nature of the war is examined, with new insights into how events in one corner of the world helped affect events in other distant parts. In a new edition, with a new preface, A World at Arms remains a classic of global history.

Table of Contents

List of maps	xi
Preface to the new edition	xiii
Preface to the first edition	xxiii
List of abbreviations	xxvii
Introduction	1	(5)
From one war to another	6	(42)
From the German and Soviet invasions of Poland to the German attack in the West, September I, 1939 to May 10, 1940	48	(74)
The world turned upside down	122	(65)
The expanding conflict, 1940--1941	187	(77)
The Eastern Front and a changing war, June to December, 1941	264	(46)
Halting the Japanese advance, halting the German advance; keeping them apart and shifting the balance: December 1941 to November 1942	310	(54)
The war at sea, 1942--1944, and the blockade	364	(44)
The war in Europe and North Africa 1942--1943: to and from Stalingrad; to and from Tunis	408	(63)
The home front	471	(65)
Means of warfare: old and new	536	(51)
From the spring of 1943 to summer 1944	587	(80)
The assault on Germany from all sides	667	(55)
Tensions in both alliances	722	(28)
The halt on the European fronts	750	(30)
The final assault on Germany	780	(62)
The war in the Pacific: from Leyte to the Missouri	842	(52)
Conclusions: the cost and impact of war	894	(27)
Bibliographic essay	921	(24)
Notes	945	(210)
Index	1155