Origins Of The Second World War [Paperback]

From influential British historian A.J.P. Taylor, a reprint of his influential textThe Origins of the Second World War.Controversial for his thesis that Hitler was an opportunist with no thorough plan,The Origins of the Second World Waris an extensive exploration of the international politics and foreign policy that lead up to the one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century.

Published in 1961,The Origins of the Second World Waris a classic of modern history. A.J.P. Taylor's years of research helped change the long-accepted view that Adolf Hitler had wanted and planned in detail for a war. With clear and relatable prose, Taylor articularly depicts the diplomatic mistakes from both the Allied and Axis powers that lead to the outbreak of World War II. A groundbreaking work,The Origins of the Second World War is an almost faultless masterpiece, perfectly proportioned, perfectly controlled (The Observer).“This is an almost faultless masterpiece.”“The only English historian now writing who can bend the bow of Gibbon and Macaulay.”