{"product_id":"the-oxford-companion-to-world-war-ii-9780198604464","title":"The Oxford Companion to World War II","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Oxford Companion to World War II\u003c\/strong\u003e by Dear, I. C. B.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780198604464.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Oxford Companion to the Second World War, by virtue of its scale, its range and its scholarship, is an outstanding guide, as sensible and cogent on the big questions as it is instructive and informed on the lesser ones.\nHEW STRACHAN, TLS\n\nindispensable...unlikely to be superseded this century\nJOHN KEEGAN, Daily Telegraph\n\neasy to use, solid of fact, perceptive and judicious\nJOHN ERICKSON, Times Higher\n\nIt will immediately take its place as the indispensable reference book for students of the second world war.\nGORDON LEE, The Economist\n\na magnificent volume and an invaluable resource\nJ. A. CRANG, The History Association\n\nThese are just a few of the review quotes generated by the Companion when it was published in hardback in 1995.\n\nWorld War II was a war that affected the entire world and reached into every aspect of existence. It was a war which touched all nations, penetrated all aspects of peoples lives, and which helped shape the world today. Over 140 distinguished and internationally renowned contributors have written over 1750 entries covering the very wide-ranging topics that make up the single subject of World War II.\n\nEntries include:\nsurveys of major countries: France, Germany, Australia, India, USA, Japan, including sections in each about domestic life, culture, economics, government, resistance, and defence\n\ncolonial possessions and less major players: British Central Africa, British Cameroons, Dutch East Indies, Latvia, Libya, Slovakia\n\ncampaigns: East Africa campaign, Burma campaign, Normandy campaign, Fezzan campaigns, Western desert campaigns\n\nbattles: battle of the River Plate, battle of East China Sea, battle of Kasserine Pass\n\nmilitary operations: FALL GELB, BARBAROSSA, OVERLORD\n\ntypes of warfare: electronic, chemical, economic, signals intelligence\n\nwartime leaders: Stalin, Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Mussolini, Hirohito\n\npolitics and strategy: Grand Alliance, the Final Solution, the atomic bomb\n\ndesign, development and use of machines and weapons: tanks, submarines, rockets, battleships, anti-tank weapons, human torpedoes, Baka bombs\n\norganisations associated with the war: Arab League, Force K, Hitler Youth, Cossacks\n\nplaces made famous in the war: Dachau, Bletchley Park, Nagasaki\n\nslogans and phrases: wavy navy, Bevin Boys, Big Red One, jerry cans, Blackshirts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45115628978229,"sku":"ByrdShop_0198604467","price":60.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780198604464_3549468e-69cf-4820-b800-2c6c849772da.jpg?v=1776487487","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-oxford-companion-to-world-war-ii-9780198604464","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}