World War II

ebook A Global History

By Michael J. Lyons

cover image of World War II

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Fully revised and restructured, the sixth edition of World War II: A Global History offers students a concise and yet thorough textbook that examines history's bloodiest conflict. The chapters alternate between chronological chapters on Europe and Asia-Pacific and thematic chapters on innovations, home fronts, brutal regimes, and logistics. This textbook includes the following features:

  • A lively narrative of facts, events, people, and ideas that incorporates thoughtful analysis
  • New material and restructured content on global factors that affected the causes, conduct, and consequences of World War II
  • Balanced pace that does not bog readers down in too many details yet gives them sufficient depth and breadth for context
  • Chapters, sections, and sidebars arranged in ways that can complement lectures and assignments
  • Fifty new photographs that illustrate the human condition and weaponry during World War II.
  • Global in focus, by blending both geographic and thematic chapters to ensure readers gain a comprehensive understanding of impact of the war worldwide, this is the perfect volume for all students of the biggest global conflict of the twentieth century.

    World War II