First published in 1972 under the title TOTAL WAR, THE PENGUIN HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR was designed by its authors to show a rising generation why the Second World War happened and how it was conducted. In this bold feat of compression they give as much stress and space to political, social and moral forces (not to mention intelligence and other activities 'behind the line') as to the ensuing clashes of arms. This acclaimed analysis of the causes and courses of the Second World War has stood the tests of time and criticism.
- ISBN10 0140285024
- ISBN13 9780140285024
- Publish Date 2 September 1999 (first published 3 July 1972)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 February 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 1344
- Language English