War A Short History

Download or read book Struggle for Survival written by Robert Alexander Clarke Parker and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A magnificent achievement, a tour de force....As a one-volume survey, it is unlikely to be surpassed"--Kenneth O. Morgan, The New Statesman. "A fine single-volume World War II history....[Parker] writes with considerable insight and objectivity"--Booklist. From the rise of Hitler to the origins of the Cold War, from the operational strategy of the battle of Midway to the role of industrial production, every important aspect of World War II finds its way into this concise, remarkably comprehensive history of the great conflict.