The Oxford Illustrated History of World War II

by Richard Overy

Book Overview

World War Two was the most devastating conflict in recorded human history. It was both global in extent and total in character. It has understandably left a long and dark shadow across the decades. Yet it is three generations since hostilities formally ended in 1945 and the conflict is now a lived memory for only a few. And this growing distance in time has allowed historians to think differently about how to describe it, how to explain its course,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199605823
• ISBN13: 9780199605828
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 2.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.6" x 9.8"