{"product_id":"9781472145109","title":"Strategy and the Second World War","description":"Author: Jeremy Black\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781472145109\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Jun 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA concise, accessible account of strategy and the Second World War. How the war was won . . . and lost.\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1941, the Second World War became global, when Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union; Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor; and Germany declared war on the United States.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this timely book, which fills a real gap, Black engages with the strategic issues of the time - as they developed chronologically, and interacted - and relates these to subsequent debates about the choices made, revealing their continued political resonances.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with Appeasement and the Soviet-German pact as key strategic means, Black examines the consequences of the fall of France for the strategies of all the powers. He shows how Allied strategy-making was more effective at the Anglo-American level than with the Soviet Union, not only for ideological and political reasons, but also because the Americans and British had a better grasp of the global dimension.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe explores how German and Japanese strategies evolved as the war went badly for the Axis powers, and discusses the extent to which seeking to mould the post-war world informed Allied strategic choices from 1943 onwards, and the role these played in post-war politics, notably in the Cold War.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStrategy was a crucial tool not only for conducting the war; it remains the key to understanding it today.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46717717479582,"sku":"ADS-9781472145109","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781472145109.jpg?v=1776128879","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781472145109","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}