This innovative new study analyzes the origins of the First and Second World Wars in one single volume by drawing on a wide range of material, including original sources. In concise, readable chapters, the author surveys the key issues surrounding the causes of both wars, offers an original and critical survey of the conflict of opinion among historians and provides a lively selection of primary documents on major issues. The result is a unique perspective on the origins of the two most devastating military conflicts in world history.
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This text analyses the origins of the First and Second World Wars in one single volume, drawing on a wide range of material, including original sources. In concise chapters, Frank McDonough surveys the key issues surrounding the causes of the First and Second World Wars, offers a critical survey of the conflict between historians and provides a lively selection of primary documents on major issues. The result is a unique perspective on the origins of the two most devastating military conflicts in world history.
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This is a very short book on such a huge theme... The book presents the reasons for both wars as an strategic decision by the rulers of Germany. It makes a very good case, of the connection between the reasons for both wars. Due to its size it is not very detailed, but still is very interesting. The author has included excerpts of historical documents that are related to the reasoning developed in the book. It is a good book to start understanding why these two wars happened.
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This review is from: The Origins of the First and Second World Wars (Cambridge Perspectives in History) (Paperback)
This book discusses the varying views of the origins of World War I and World War II. I emphasize the word "origins." This book does not give an analysis of the Wars. I borrowed it from the library to find out the reasons World War I started. I was quited satisfied with this book.
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The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 grew out of a short-term crisis in the Balkans, but any attempt to understand its origins must take account of a number of long-standing developments. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
preventative war, monopoly capitalists Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
First World War, Soviet Union, Bethmann Hollweg, July Crisis, Nazi Germany, Treaty of Versailles, Pearl Harbour, Southeast Asia, Paris Peace Settlement, Third Reich, Sir Edward Grey, Nazi Party, Kaiser Wilhelm, Ottoman Empire, New York, Neville Chamberlain, Paris Peace Conference, Weimar Republic, Adolf Hitler, Lloyd George, Fritz Fischer, Hitler's Germany, Mein Kampf, Spanish Civil War, The Times New!
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The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 grew out of a short-term crisis in the Balkans, but any attempt to understand its origins must take account of a number of long-standing developments. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
preventative war, monopoly capitalists Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
First World War, Soviet Union, Bethmann Hollweg, July Crisis, Nazi Germany, Treaty of Versailles, Pearl Harbour, Southeast Asia, Paris Peace Settlement, Third Reich, Sir Edward Grey, Nazi Party, Kaiser Wilhelm, Ottoman Empire, New York, Neville Chamberlain, Paris Peace Conference, Weimar Republic, Adolf Hitler, Lloyd George, Fritz Fischer, Hitler's Germany, Mein Kampf, Spanish Civil War, The Times New!
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- Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler on 5 pages
- Second World War (What Families Were Like) by Fiona Reynoldson on 4 pages
- The Third Reich by Klaus Hildebrand on 4 pages
- Parker Soviet 2e by Parker on page 86, page 92, and Back Matter
- The Second World War (Literacy Through History) by Ian Roberts on page 88, page 112, and Back Matter
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- The Specter of Munich: Reconsidering the Lessons of Appeasing Hitler by Jeffrey Record in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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