The Meaning of the Second World War (Verso World History) - Hardcover

Ernest Mandel

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9781844674800: The Meaning of the Second World War (Verso World History)

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Publisher: Verso, 2011

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The very scale of the 1939 45 war has often tempted historians to study particular campaigns at the expense of the wider panorama. In this readable and richly detailed history of the conflict, the Belgian scholar Ernest Mandel (author of the acclaimed Late Capitalism) outlines his view that the war was in fact a combination of several distinct struggles and a battle between rival imperialisms for world hegemony. In concise chapters, Mandel examines the role played by technology, science, logistics, weapons and propaganda. Throughout, he weaves a consideration of the military strategy of the opposing states into his analytical narrative of the war and its results.

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One of the most creative and independent-minded revolutionary Marxists of the post-war world. --Guardian

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ERNEST MANDEL (192395), historian, economist and activist, was a leading figure in the Fourth International from 1945 and was the author of a number of books, including Late Capitalism, Marxist Economic Theory, and Long Waves of Capitalist Development.

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