ISBN: 0140021280
Godina izdanja: 1974
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

A. J. P. Taylor - The Origins of the Second World War
Penguin, 1974
357 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro

Alan John Percivale Taylor

From influential British historian A.J.P. Taylor, a reprint of his influential text The Origins of the Second World War. Controversial for his thesis that Hitler was an opportunist with no thorough plan, The Origins of the Second World War is an extensive exploration of the international politics and foreign policy that lead up to the one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century.

Published in 1961, The Origins of the Second World War is a classic of modern history. A.J.P. Taylor`s years of research helped change the long-accepted view that Adolf Hitler had wanted and planned in detail for a war. With clear and relatable prose, Taylor depicts the diplomatic mistakes from both the Allied and Axis powers that lead to the outbreak of World War II. A groundbreaking work, The Origins of the Second World War `is an almost faultless masterpiece, perfectly proportioned, perfectly controlled` (The Observer).

One of the most popular and controversial historians of the twentieth century, who made his subject accessible to millions, A.J.P. Taylor caused a storm of outrage with this scandalous bestseller. Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, he argued provocatively that Hitler did not set out to cause the war as part of an evil master plan, but blundered into it partly by accident, aided by the shortcomings of others. Fiercely attacked for vindicating Hitler, A.J.P. Taylor`s stringent re-examination of the events preceding the Nazi invasion of Poland on 1st September 1939 opened up new debate, and is now recognized as a brilliant and classic piece of scholarly research. `Highly original and penetrating...No one who has digested this enthralling work will ever be able to look at the period again in quite the same way`

Contents:
Foreword: Second thoughts
Forgotten problem
The legacy of the First World War
The Post-War decade
The End of Versailles
The Abyssinian affair and the end of Locarno
the Half-Armed Peace, 1936-1938
Anschluss: the end of Austria
The Crisis over Czechoslovakia
Peace for six months
The war of nerves
War for Danzig
Map of...
Bibliography
Index


Nonfiction, History, 0140021280