Blood and ruins : the last imperial war, 1931-1945

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Label

Blood and ruins : the last imperial war, 1931-1945

Title remainder

the last imperial war, 1931-1945

Statement of responsibility

Richard Overy

Title variation

Last imperial war, 1931-1945

Creator

• Overy, R. J

Author

• Overy, R. J

Subject

• Imperialism
• World War, 1939-1945

Language

eng

Summary

"A thought-provoking and original reassessment of World War II, from Britain's leading military historian Richard Overy sets out in Blood and Ruins to recast the way in which we view the Second World War and its origins and aftermath. As one of Britain's most decorated and respected World War II historians, he argues that this was the "last imperial war," with almost a century-long lead-up of global imperial expansion, which reached its peak in the territorial ambitions of Italy, Germany and Japan in the 1930s and early 1940s, before descending into the largest and costliest war in human history and the end, after 1945, of all territorial empires. Overy also argues for a more global perspective on the war, one that looks broader than the typical focus on military conflict between the Allied and Axis states. Above all, Overy explains the bitter cost for those involved in fighting, and the exceptional level of crime and atrocity that marked the war and its protracted aftermath--which extended far beyond 1945. Blood and Ruins is a masterpiece, a new and definitive look at the ultimate struggle over the future of the global order, which will compel us to view the war in novel and unfamiliar ways. Thought-provoking, original and challenging, Blood and Ruins sets out to understand the war anew"--

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Provided by publisher

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DLC

Dewey number

940.53

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

D743

LC item number

.O937 2022

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography