History is both the past and our accounts of the past. InRethinking World War Two, Jeremy Black explores the contesting accounts and interpretations of the war, critically examining the leading controversies surrounding the conflict, its aftermath and its ongoing significance in the modern world.
The first half of the book considers controversies surrounding the course of the war, with chapters looking at the importance of military history, the causes of the war, politics and grand strategy and domestic politics. The second half goes on to consider the memory of the war and its echoes in political and military spheres, with chapters devoted to the memory of the war in Europe and in Asia. A detailed further reading section provides guidance on how to take study of various topics further.
Rethinking World War Twois unique in offering a survey of both the events of the conflict and the various debates surrounding its memory. It will be an invaluable resource for any student of World War Two, particularly those seeking a better understanding of its continuing legacy in the postwar world.
Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter, UK, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, USA. His books include
War: A Short History(2009),
The Great War and the Making of the Modern World(2011) and
Contesting History(2014).
It is testament to Black's mastery of his craft that the book is in many ways successful ... [Rethinking World War Twois] the most succinct and up-to-date account of post-war memory work across the globe available in English ... Black is an assured and thoughtful guide to these cultural and geopolitical aftershocks of the Second World War. Christopher Dillon, King's College London, UK,The RUSI Journal
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