Table of Contents

Part 1: Strategy: Failures, Shocks and Mythologies Part 2: Soldiers: Ideology, Race and Gender Part 3: Home Fronts: People, Places and Politics Part 4: Memories: Victims, Heroes and Controversies

About the Author

Gordon Martel is Professor and Chair of History at the University of North British Columbia. His books for Routledge include Origins of the Second World War Reconsidered (1999) and American Foreign Relations Reconsidered: 1890-1993 (1994).

Reviews

'An impressive array of recent research completed by some of the most groundbreaking historians writing on the Second War. The nineteen essays found in this skillfully edited and presented anthology illuminate interpretations that shape and guide current scholarship....The collection brings this rich scholarship to students and interested readers in a clear and accessible format. ' - Michael J. Galgano, Journal of Military History'One chapter of particular interest on the British Army is by Professor David French entitled 'You cannot hate the bastard who is trying to kill you...' - Alan Jeffreys, Bulletin of the Military Historical Society