ABSTRACT
The Routledge History of the Second World War sums up the latest trends in the scholarship of that conflict, covering a range of major themes and issues.
The book delivers a thematic analysis of the many ways in which study of the Second World War can take place, considering international, transnational, and global approaches, and serves as a major jumping off point for further research into the specific fields covered by each of the expert authors. It demonstrates the global and total nature of the Second World War, giving due coverage to the conflict in all major theatres and through the lens of the key combatants and neutrals, examines issues of race, gender, ideology, and society during the war, and functions as a textbook to educate students as to the trends that have taken place in how the conflict has been (and can be) interpreted in the modern world. Divided into twelve parts that cover central themes of the conflict, including theatres of war, leadership, societies, occupation, secrecy and legacies, it enables those with no memory of war to approach it with a view to comprehending what it was all about and places the history of this conflict into a context that is international, transnational, and institutional.
This is a comprehensive and accessible reference volume for anyone interested in the most up to date scholarship on this major conflict.
Chapter 18 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|49 pages
Outbreaks
part 2|30 pages
Perspectives
part 3|97 pages
Theatres
chapter 8|15 pages
The crucial phase of the China theatre
part 4|60 pages
Leadership
part 5|125 pages
Societies
part 6|111 pages
Societies
part 7|49 pages
Occupation
part 8|64 pages
Surviving
part 9|32 pages
Secrecy
part 10|46 pages
Inhumanity
part 11|66 pages
Endings
part 12|33 pages
Legacies