Military Planning and the Origins of the Second World War in Europe

by Brian J.C. McKercher

This study offers a new perspective on the origins of the Second World War by comparing and contrasting military planning in seven nations in the two decades before 1939 (and, in the case of the United States and Soviet Russia, before 1941). Developing themes over time and across military cultures allows the authors to provide a comparative framework in which to survey how military planning and foreign policy were interwoven and how these connections...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275961583
• ISBN13: 9780275961589
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"