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The book by P.M.H. Bell represents the most comprehensive - and at the same time, modern - account of the broader discussion on the causes of World War II in Europe. It examines the structure and weaknesses of the international system after 1919, the role of ideology (fascism-nazism-communism-Western democracy), the economic developments, and the global economic crisis of 1929, the role of the strategies of the great powers, and the influence of personalities - mainly Hitler and Mussolini.
Additionally, it presents, in a concise but thorough manner, the developments of the critical years 1932-1941: the rise of Nazism, the gradual collapse of the status quo established by the Treaty of Versailles, the successive international crises of the 1930s - Abyssinia, the remilitarization of the Rhineland, the Spanish Civil War, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, the generalization of the war.
Particularly, it deals with the trauma that the abandonment of Czechoslovakia to Hitler's appetites during the infamous Munich Conference in the autumn of 1938 caused in Western political thought - a topic that is still discussed in Western scholarship, as well as in international politics, using the loaded term "appeasement." The analysis does not stop in 1939 but extends to 1941, to include the discussion regarding the causes of Germany's attack on the USSR.
P.M.H. Bell's work, one of the most popular books in global historical literature, provides a vivid and cohesive summary of the factors that led to the largest war in history. It simultaneously serves as a history of Europe during the period between the two World Wars, while incorporating a broader reflection on the general phenomenon of war and its causes.
Manufacturer
- Author
- Philip Michael Hett Bell
- Publisher
- Patakis
- Skroutz Book Awards 2025
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- Type
- Academic History
- Theme
- World History, History of Europe
- Time Period
- World War II
- Language
- Greek
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 503
- Release Date
- 05/09/2002
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Dimensions
- 17x24 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789601604466
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