Despite the numerous books on World War II, until now there has been no one-volume survey that was both objective and comprehensive. Previous volumes have usually been written from an exclusively British or American point of view, or have ignored the important causes and consequences of the War.
Chapter 1. Peace and Rearmament
Chapter 2. The European Democracies
Chapter 3. The Revisionist States
Chapter 4. The Unknown Quantities
Chapter 5. The Prewar Series of Crises
Chapter 6. Blitzkrieg in Poland
Chapter 7. Northern Adventures
Chapter 9. The Battle of Britain
Chapter 10. The United States and the War
Chapter 11. The Battle of the Atlantic
Chapter 12. War in the Mediterranean
Chapter 13. The Invasion of Russia
Chapter 14. Japan and the Road to Pearl Harbor
Chapter 15. Allied Conferences and Plans
Chapter 17. The Japanese Offensives in the Pacific
Chapter 18. The Battles for North Africa
Chapter 20. Allied Strategic Problems: Upgrading the Pacific
Chapter 21. The European Resistance Movements
Chapter 22. The Strategic Bombing Campaign
Chapter 23. The Collapse and Invasion of Italy
Chapter 24. The Normandy Invasion and the Campaign of France
Chapter 25. Winning in the Pacific
Chapter 26. The Collapse of Germany
Chapter 27. The Collapse of Japan
Chapter 28. Winning and Losing