{"product_id":"strategy-and-the-second-world-jeremy-black-9781472145109","title":"Strategy and the Second World War: How the War Was Won, and Lost","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA concise, accessible account of strategy and the Second World War. How the war was won . . . and lost.\u003c\/b\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\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\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\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\u003eStrategy was a crucial tool not only for conducting the war; it remains the key to understanding it today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Black\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472145100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472145109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Robinson Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Jeremy Black","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995358953727,"sku":"9781472145109","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2aaa755-63e2-4815-bd5a-bf1d4a1590a6.jpg?v=1683335372","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/strategy-and-the-second-world-jeremy-black-9781472145109","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}