The Second World War is the nightmare that sits at the heart of the
modern era; a refutation of any notion of human progress that
haunts us seventy years on. Norman Stone's gripping book tells the
narrative of the war in as brief a compass as possible, making
sometimes familiar events fresh and arresting.
Norman Stone is one of Britain's greatest historians. His major works include The Eastern Front, 1914-1917 (winner of the Wolfson Prize and published by Penguin), Europe Transformed and The Atlantic and Its Enemies (published by Penguin). He has taught at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Bilkent, where he is now Director of the Turkish-Russian Centre. He lives in Ankara.
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 * Kirkus Reviews *
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