{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-second-world-war-2-volume-set-hardback-9781394208692","title":"A Companion to the Second World War, 2 Volume Set (Hardback) 9781394208692","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to the Second World War, 2 Volume Set\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas W. Zeiler (Edited by), TW Zeiler (Author), Daniel M. DuBois (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781394208692, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 April 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1072 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.5 x 7.4 cm, 1.837 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores the evolving historiography of the Second World War across cultures and continents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Second World War, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e is a foundational reference for understanding how scholars have interpreted, debated, and revised the history of the Second World War. Spanning two volumes and more than sixty essays, this extensively updated edition brings together leading voices in the field to examine the military, political, cultural, social, and economic dimensions of the war. The volume's expanded scope reflects the field's evolution, with new chapters dedicated to underrepresented areas of research, including Indigenous perspectives, gender and sexuality, religious responses, environmental dimensions, and digital cultural memory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy combining rigorous historiographical analysis with global breadth, the second edition of the \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e enables readers to engage with both well-established topics and emerging areas that challenge conventional narratives. The second edition significantly expands and updates the original collection to reflect the latest developments in the field. New chapters introduce cutting-edge research on topics such as LGBTIQ+ communities during the war, Indigenous experiences across multiple continents, and the global religious responses to the conflict. The edition also breaks new ground with essays on the Tokyo War Crimes Trial, the historiography of the Marshall Plan, the role of video games in shaping popular memory, and the cultural significance of wartime cartoons and comics. Updated chapters revisit key subjects—including colonialism in Asia, European societies in wartime, and the environmental dimensions of the conflict—to incorporate new historiographical approaches and source material.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn essential resource for those seeking a critical guide to the field's historiography and its future directions, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Second World War, Second Edition:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a truly global perspective with chapters on Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and the Pacific\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSituates key issues and developments within the broader trajectory of Second World War studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides updated analyses of key military strategies, campaigns, and international diplomacy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngages with evolving debates around war crimes, historical memory, and revisionism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights new historiographical approaches to economics, technology, and environmental impacts during the war\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyzes topics such as neutrality, colonialism, wartime societies, and postwar memory through fresh methodological and thematic lenses\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderscoring the dynamic and interdisciplinary nature of current scholarship in the field, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Second World War, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e is ideal for graduate students, researchers, and instructors in areas including modern history, international relations, and memory studies. It is also an indispensable reference for academic libraries and professionals in historical research, publishing, and curriculum development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Roots of War 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 How a Second World War Happened 11\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGerhard L. Weinberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Versailles Peace Settlement and the Collective Security System 26\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrédéric Dessberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Great Depression 45\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn E. Moser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Colonialism in Asia 60\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher D. O’Sullivan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Global Response to Fascism 72\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Ortiz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Visionaries of Expansion 87\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eR. J. B. Bosworth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Soviet Planning for War, 1928– June 1941 100\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexander Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Fighting the War 111\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Japanese Early Attack 113\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian P. Farrell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 CBI: A Historiographical Review 132\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaochun Yu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The German Assault, 1939– 1941 144\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert M. Citino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Militaries Compared: Wehrmacht and Red Army, 1941– 1945 158\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Edele\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Bombers: The Strategic Bombing of Germany and Japan 174\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMike Bechthold and Randall Wakelam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Scandinavian Campaigns 195\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOlli Vehviläinen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Naval War in the Mediterranean 208\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara Brooks Tomblin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Maritime War: Combat, Management, and Memory 227\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKevin Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Middle East and the Second World War 242\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSimon Davis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Western Front, 1944– 1945 263\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher R. Gabel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Battle Fronts and Home Fronts: The War in the East from Stalingrad to Berlin 278\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKenneth Slepyan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Southwest Pacific Theater in the Second World War 299\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Roehrs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Ending the Pacific War: The New History 316\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard B. Frank\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Multinational and Transnational Zones of Combat: Strategy 331\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Axis Coalition Building 333\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard L. Dinardo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Strategies, Commands, and Tactics, 1939– 1941 342\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTalbot C. Imlay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Wartime Conferences 360\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark A. Stoler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The US War Against Japan: A Transnational Perspective 373\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAkira Iriye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Second World War and Communication Technologies 387\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Nelson and James Schwoch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Of Spies and Stratagems 396\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Prados\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 French African Soldiers in the Second World War 414\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRaffael Scheck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Scientists and Nuclear Weapons in the Second World War: The Background, the Experience, and the Sometimes Contested Meanings and Analyses 428\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarton J. Bernstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Civilians in the Combat Zone: Anglo- American Strategic Bombing 458\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSean L. Malloy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Multinational and Transnational Zones of Combat: Society 483\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 European Societies in Wartime 485\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIsabelle Davion and Étienne Boisserie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Ireland During the Second World War 508\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKaren Garner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Life in Plato’s Cave: Neutral Europe in the Second World War 521\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarta García Cabrera and Neville Wylie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Resistance in Eastern Europe 536\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephan Lehnstaedt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Boomerang Resistance: German Émigrés in the US Army during the Second World War 555\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatricia Kollander\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Beyond Impact: Toward a New Historiography of Africa and the Second World War 569\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudith A. Byfield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Race, Genocide, and Holocaust 583\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJochen Böhler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Environmental Dimensions of the Second World War 600\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJacob Darwin Hamblin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 The Women of the Second World War 621\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eD’Ann Campbell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Transnational Civil Rights During the Second World War 641\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTravis J. Hardy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 LGBTIQ+ Communities During the Second World War 655\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNoah Riseman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Global Culture and the Second World War 669\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eM. Todd Bennett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Sport History of the Second World War Era 687\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel DuBois\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Global Religious Responses to the Second World War 699\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Harvey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Homelands 713\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 The Balkans in the Origins of the Second World War 715\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarietta Stankova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Resistance Inside Nazi Germany 731\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrank McDonough\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Occupied France: The Vichy Regime, Collaboration, and Resistance 742\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulian Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 The Italian Campaign 757\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElena Agarossi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Indigenous Peoples and the Second World War: Historiographical Patterns and Possibilities in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand 775\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eR. Scott Sheffield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Resistance in the Philippines 790\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames A. Villanueva\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Africa and the Caribbean 808\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeslie James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Japanese American Second World War Incarceration 822\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulia Shizuyo Popham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 “P” Was for Plenty 835\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam H. Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 Generating American Combat Power in the Second World War 851\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdward G. Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Aftermath and Consequences 867\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 War Crimes in Europe 869\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristoph J. M. 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