Publisher's Note
This comprehensive global history of World War II analyzes how the war directly and indirectly affected six continents and how it reshaped the entire world. By the author of The Foreign Policy of Hitler's Germany. 30,000 first printing.
Industry Reviews
"This is an extraordinary book...Moral and humane feelings underpin his copious scholarship at every point, giving admirable depth and dimension to this monumental intellectual performance."
Washington Post - Paul Fussell
"A virtuoso display...Professor Weinberg feeds our appetite for fresh and compelling facts without apologizing for being interesting."
Boston Globe - Jack Beatty
"...the prose is clear, the detail arresting, and the arguments carefully deployed....This is a tour de force, classical diplomatic history at its best. Mr. Weinberg's global view of the war pays dividends again and again."
New York Times Book Review
