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A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II [Englisch] [Gebundene Ausgabe]

Gerhard L. Weinberg
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  • Gebundene Ausgabe: 1208 Seiten
  • Verlag: Cambridge University Press; Auflage: 2 (28. März 2005)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN-10: 0521853168
  • ISBN-13: 978-0521853163
  • Größe und/oder Gewicht: 24,8 x 16,4 x 5,8 cm
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  • Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 586.395 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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This comprehensive examination of the Second World War looks at grand strategy and diplomacy, as opposed to the gritty details of the combat experience. A World at Arms is written in a matter-of-fact tone, so don't expect a poetic narrative. Despite this, no other historian has presented such a sweeping overview. Weinberg performs the important task of reminding his readers in the West that much of the fighting--and perhaps the most decisive parts--was done in the East, between the Germans and the Russians. American readers, for their part, may appreciate Weinberg's treatment of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who is portrayed as a courageous wartime leader. This book is an essential part of any library on the Second World War. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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At once accessible, concise, and comprehensive: a masterful overview of WW II. Drawing on previously unavailable archives as well as standard sources, historian Weinberg (Foreign Policy of Hitler's Germany, etc.; Univ. of North Carolina) begins his chronicle of the great conflict with an analysis of the post-WW I events that led to a second world war. Getting down to business, he documents the fundamentally different intentions of latter-day belligerents like the Axis partners, Nazi Germany, and Imperial Japan, whose objectives encompassed a total reordering of territory, resources, and populations, while by contrast their WW I counterparts had fought mainly to preserve traditional balances of power. In pursuing his enormous theme, the author focuses on the strategic why rather than the tactical how of major clashes, leaving the details of such landmark engagements as the Battle of Britain to others with less lofty ambitions. This isn't to say that Weinberg shortchanges his readers in any substantive way. In addition to assessing the global implications of big-picture campaigns, for example, he offers short-take perspectives on action in hitherto neglected theaters. Cases in point range from the Allied seizure (from the Vichy French) of Madagascar on to so-called sideshows in Burma, Eastern Africa, and Iraq. Covered as well are the roles played by intelligence operatives, diplomats, Wehrmacht bureaucrats responsible for the Holocaust, civilians in scores of countries, and scientists recruited to develop the atomic bombs that helped hasten V-J Day. Weinberg's chronological narrative occasionally verges on the kaleidoscopic, but, this cavil apart, the author offers an authoritative survey of a huge conflict that, he suggests in an affecting afterword, might just have saved a weary world from even more destructive hostilities. The text has over 20 helpful maps. (Book-of-the-Month Dual Selection for March; Main Selection of the History Book Club) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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Legacy 4. Juli 2000
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Has there ever been a more comprehensive overview of WWII? I would say not likely.

Gerhard starts off with major points from WWI, and that WWII was not an extension of the earlier conflict. It was its own; the roots of the war can be laid at different feet.

The author I'd noticed tends to repeat himself on different topics of the war, and I think illustrations complementing passages about the course of the battles would work nicely, but still gripping all the same.

His thouroughness is quite evident: His bibliography is huge. He'd obviously taken great time an effort for this work. I would recommend this for someone looking to learn about the WHOLE war. The information can be overwhelming and slow in some passages, but is worth the read. A qualified 5 stars.

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It is no coincidence that every reviewer (so far) has given this book the highest possible rating. It's strength is a tremendous ability to continuously maintain a global military and historical strategic vision that allows the reader to make sense of the dense array of well-chosen facts and information.

If the book has a weakness, it is a failure to counterbalance the global strategic vision with an "on-the-ground" visceral description of the day-to-day experience of the war, making the presentation very slightly antiseptic. John Keegan's book on the First World War had a vivid chapter discussing the actual way the WWI was fought in the trenches, together with the lifestyles and attitudes of the soldiers and populace. I would have liked something similar here for WWII.

I want to emphasize that the above paragraph is little more than nitpicking. If you just read this one book on WWII, you will probably have a better understanding than reading any ten other books on WWII combined. Wow!

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This engrossing work should be the starting point for general-interest readers curious about World War II. Gerhard Weinberg has written an excellent history of the war that covers every imaginable facet of the conflict, from detailed operational history to explanations of the technological innovations in the fighting. His comprehensive research and powerful writing provide a deeper and richer understanding of the war than any other single volume.
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An outstanding work...
Wow. This book is extremely fascinating for a number of reasons. First Weinburg has committed 20 years or so to research so that you don't have to. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Juni 2000 von tyler smith
Great Overview
Though light on operational detail this book provides the best Strategic Overview of the war that I have yet seen. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. März 2000 veröffentlicht
One of the Best Single Volumes on WWII
A work of tremendous scholarship and penetrating insight. Mr. Weinberg weaves a broad tapestry, utilizing both diplomatic and archival sources and the vast body of literature on... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. Februar 2000 veröffentlicht
The Best Macro-Analysis of WWII to date
One can only say "its about time." Weinberg doesn't beat to death all the same tired details on the operational level that all buffs of WWII have read again and again as... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 12. Februar 2000 veröffentlicht
Buy two
This is certainly one of the best one volume history of WWII. If you already know a lot about WWII or you just want to know what happened, this book is for you. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 17. Dezember 1999 von Bruno Borges
Wow! What an amazing work of scholarship!
I picked up this book at a secondhand store and can't imagine why anyone let it go. His synthesis of information, the breadth of his knowledge, the grasp he shows of the Big... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 6. November 1999 von Duncan MacKenzie
Simply the best one-volume surve of the Second World War.
Gerhard Weinberg combines massive archival research in three countries with exhaustive use of secondary sources and a steady supply of trenchant observations in order to create... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. September 1999 von M. Pitcavage
The Best all around volume about WW II !!!
Gerhard Weinberg did something I thought it was impossible to do: to give to anyone, even those who never read about WW II, a general picture of the conflict and all his different... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 26. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
A powerful summary of such a widely varied topic
Weinberg goes to great pains to dispell the studies and writings on the Second World War, which try to apologize and explain away history. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 21. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
The best in its category
Certainly the best book on WWII as a whole that I've ever read. Very good at connecting all the different events in different areas.

The maps are almost useless, though. Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 28. April 1999 veröffentlicht
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