World War Two
  • Published: 8 January 2013
  • ISBN: 9781846148149
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 272
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World War Two

A Short History

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8 Jan 2013
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26 Mar 2014
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A pacy, compelling and penetrating account that shows World War Two in a fresh new light

The Second World War is the nightmare that sits at the heart of the modern era - a total refutation of any notion of human progress and a conflict which still haunts us seventy years on.

Norman Stone's gripping new book aims to tell the narrative of the war in as brief a compass as possible, making a sometimes familiar story utterly fresh and arresting. As with his highly acclaimed World War One: A Short History, there is a compelling sense of a terrible story unfolding, of a sceptical and humorous intelligence at work, and a wish to convey to an audience who may well have no memory of the conflict just how high the stakes were.

This is a beautifully written, clever and imaginative attempt to convey what can almost not be conveyed.

  • Published: 8 January 2013
  • ISBN: 9781846148149
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 272
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Praise for World War Two

Professor Norman Stone has achieved the impossible; he has somehow written a comprehensive history of the Second World War in just under 200 pages, summarising the entire conflict while leaving out nothing of importance and bringing his lifetime of study of the subject to bear in a witty, incisive and immensely readable way ... Norman Stone has proved yet again that he is one of the most original, witty and powerful British historians writing today

Andrew Roberts, Standpoint

The joy and strength of this compact history, besides its trenchancy and, in the publishers' words, the "sceptical and humorous intelligence at work", is its narrative clarity ... a book to clear the mind

Allan Mallinson, The Times

Novices will receive a painless introduction, but educated readers should not pass up the highly opinionated prologue and epilogue and the author's trademark acerbic commentary throughout ... Readers of all stripes ... will find plenty to ponder

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