Books by P. M. H. Bell

A comprehensive study of the period and debates surrounding the European origins of the Second World War. This book describes the various explanations that have been offered for the war and the historiographical debates that have arisen from them; and analyses the ideological, economic and strategic forces at work in Europe during the 1930s.

This is the first of a two-volume study which analyzes the complex relationship between Britain and France in the 20th century. This volume runs from the period of intense imperial rivalry at the turn of the century, to the fall of France to Germany. Each of the two volumes is self-contained.