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Political and military leadership in the World Wars : the closest concert /

This book approaches the World Wars and the decades between them as a single unit in modern history. It is impossible to understand either the cause or conduct of the 1939-45 war without an appreciation of the issues not wholly answered in the conflict of 1914-18. Bridging the World Wars was the est...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hodge, Carl Cavanagh (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, [2021]
Series:Routledge studies in modern history.
Subjects:
World politics > 1919-1932.
World politics > 1933-1945.
Europe > Foreign relations > 1918-1945.
Japan > Foreign relations > 1912-1945.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
Military history, Modern > 20th century.
Naval history, Modern > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Diplomatic Failure and Military Catastrophe
  • Naval Theory in London and Berlin
  • Armistice
  • Appeasement and Rearmament
  • The Launch of World War II in Europe
  • The Asia-Pacific War
  • Defence and Offence, Land and Sea
  • The Allied Offensives.