The Great Crusade: A New Complete History of the Second World War

The best balanced one-volume history of the Second World War in its coverage of all the major themes and all the fronts. Willmotts fresh insights into the war on the Eastern Front are an outstanding feature. Russell F. Weigley, author of Eisenhowers Lieutenants: The Campaign of France and Germany, 194445 The Great Crusade is a single-volume tour de force combining narrative, interpretation, and insight. Willmott has written both an outstanding operational history and a perceptive analysis of systems and societies in mortal conflict. Dennis E. Showalter, author of Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the Twentieth Century One of the best one-volume histories of World War II.. .. Thorough in its coverage, entertaining in its treatment, and perceptive in its analyses.. .. Exceptionally readable. Sea Power Originally published in 1989 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the wars outbreak in Europe, the highly acclaimed The Great Crusade: A New Complete History of the Second World War, Revised Edition, provides a balanced account of both theaters of conflict in World War II and asserts that modern war is waged between systems and societies rather than among individuals.

Paperback. English.