The Oxford Companion to World War II - Hardcover

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9780198662259: The Oxford Companion to World War II

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ISBN 10: 0198662254 ISBN 13: 9780198662259

Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, 1995

A profusely illustrated survey, replete with maps, charts, and photographs, contains hundreds of alphabetically arranged articles on every aspect of the war, including national figures, battles, social history, and military technology, written by a world-wide team of experts. UP.

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"There are plenty of emotionally-charged books on the Second World War and National Socialism. The matter-of-fact approach this [The Oxford Companion to the Second World War] sound 1300 page lexical work takes is therefore very welcome. Under the direction of the General Editor, Dear, an international group of more than 140 authors has produced almost 1800 contributions. The World has been divided geographically into five sections, each with its own advisory editor. Prof Wilhelm Dienst form the Freiburg University is responsible for Germany and Austria. This carefully compiled work is, despite its size, easy to handle. The cross-referencing is also very precise."--Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 1995"These two superb volumes from Oxford University Press ... The Companion is quite an extraordinary achievement ... it provides an indispensable guide ... But the range and intellectual energy of the latter will make it an invaluable work of reference for undergraduate and researchers. Together, these two books provide as valuable a commemoration of the war as any."--Mark Mazower, History Today"impressive testimony to the state of scholarship about the war fifty years after its end ... The Companion is quite an extraordinary achievement. In its range, depth and quality of contributions, its comprehensiveness and perhaps above all its numerous and admirably clear maps, charts and tables, it provides an indispensable guide to the conflict."--Mark Mazower, History Today "There are plenty of emotionally-charged books on the Second World War and National Socialism. The matter-of-fact approach this [The Oxford Companion to the Second World War] sound 1300 page lexical work takes is therefore very welcome. Under the direction of the General Editor, Dear, an international group of more than 140 authors has produced almost 1800 contributions. The World has been divided geographically into five sections, each with its own advisory editor. Prof Wilhelm Dienst form the Freiburg University is responsible for Germany and Austria. This carefully compiled work is, despite its size, easy to handle. The cross-referencing is also very precise."--Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 1995 "These two superb volumes from Oxford University Press ... The Companion is quite an extraordinary achievement ... it provides an indispensable guide ... But the range and intellectual energy of the latter will make it an invaluable work of reference for undergraduate and researchers. Together, these two books provide as valuable a commemoration of the war as any."--Mark Mazower, History Today "impressive testimony to the state of scholarship about the war fifty years after its end ... The Companion is quite an extraordinary achievement. In its range, depth and quality of contributions, its comprehensiveness and perhaps above all its numerous and admirably clear maps, charts and tables, it provides an indispensable guide to the conflict."--Mark Mazower, History Today "There are plenty of emotionally-charged books on the Second World War and National Socialism. The matter-of-fact approach this [The Oxford Companion to the Second World War] sound 1300 page lexical work takes is therefore very welcome. Under the direction of the General Editor, Dear, an international group of more than 140 authors has produced almost 1800 contributions. The World has been divided geographically into five sections, each with its own advisory editor. Prof Wilhelm Dienst form the Freiburg University is responsible for Germany and Austria. This carefully compiled work is, despite its size, easy to handle. The cross-referencing is also very precise."--Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 1995 "These two superb volumes from Oxford University Press ... The Companion is quite an extraordinary achievement ... it provides an indispensable guide ... But the range and intellectual energy of the latter will make it an invaluable work of reference for undergraduate and researchers. Together, these two books provide as valuable a commemoration of the war as any."--Mark Mazower, History Today "impressive testimony to the state of scholarship about the war fifty years after its end ... The Companion is quite an extraordinary achievement. In its range, depth and quality of contributions, its comprehensiveness and perhaps above all its numerous and admirably clear maps, charts and tables, it provides an indispensable guide to the conflict."--Mark Mazower, History Today "There are plenty of emotionally-charged books on the Second World War and National Socialism. The matter-of-fact approach this [The Oxford Companion to the Second World War] sound 1300 page lexical work takes is therefore very welcome. Under the direction of the General Editor, Dear, aninternational group of more than 140 authors has produced almost 1800 contributions. The World has been divided geographically into five sections, each with its own advisory editor. Prof Wilhelm Dienst form the Freiburg University is responsible for Germany and Austria. This carefully compiled workis, despite its size, easy to handle. The cross-referencing is also very precise."--Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 1995"These two superb volumes from Oxford University Press ... The Companion is quite an extraordinary achievement ... it provides an indispensable guide ... But the range and intellectual energy of the latter will make it an invaluable work of reference for undergraduate and researchers. Together, these two books provide as valuable a commemoration of the war as any."--Mark Mazower, History Today"impressive testimony to the state of scholarship about the war fifty years after its end ... The Companion is quite an extraordinary achievement. In its range, depth and quality of contributions, its comprehensiveness and perhaps above all its numerous and admirably clear maps, charts and tables, it provides an indispensable guide to the conflict."--Mark Mazower, History Today

About the Author:

About the Editors
General Editor: I.C.B. Dear is a former officer in the Royal Marines, and is the author of a number of works on military history, including Ten Commando, 1942-1945.
Consultant Editor: M.R.D. Foot was a wartime intelligence officer and professor of modern history at the University of Manchester. He is the editor of the first four volumes of the Gladstone Diaries and author of Holland at War Against Hitler.

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