The Spectre of War : : International Communism and the Origins of World War II / / Jonathan Haslam.
A bold new history showing that the fear of Communism was a major factor in the outbreak of World War IIThe Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew—the roots of the Second World War—and upends our assumptions with a masterful new interpretation. Looking beyond traditional explanations b...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Studies in International History and Politics ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (504 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Crossroads to World Revolution, 1917–1920
- 2 Europe at the Brink
- 3 Subverting Great Britain and Its Empire
- 4 The Manchurian Fiasco, 1931
- 5 Stalin’s Gamble on German Nationalism
- 6 The Impact of Hitler
- 7 Italy Breaks Out
- 8 The Paradox of the Popular Front
- 9 Spain and the Schism of Europe
- 10 A United Front against Japan
- 11 The Appeasement of Germany, 1937–1939
- 12 War, 1939–1940
- 13 The Invasion of the Soviet Union
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index