Books in the The Cambridge History of the Second World War series

Volume One of The Cambridge History of the Second World War offers a comprehensive and authoritative new account of the war's military and strategic history. A team of twenty-five leading international historians survey the military traditions and objectives of the eight major powers involved in the war.

War is often described as an extension of politics by violent means. With contributions from twenty-five eminent historians, Volume Two of The Cambridge History of the Second World War examines the relationship between ideology and politics in the war's origins, dynamics and consequences.

The conflict that ended in 1945 is often described as a 'total war', unprecedented in scale and character. Volume Three of The Cambridge History of the First World War adopts a transnational approach to offer a comprehensive and global analysis of the war as an economic, social and cultural event.

War is often described as an extension of politics by violent means. With contributions from twenty-five eminent historians, Volume Two of The Cambridge History of the Second World War examines the relationship between ideology and politics in the war's origins, dynamics and consequences.