The Origins of the Second World War
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The Origins of the Second World War by A J P Taylor
Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, the author argues provocatively that Hitler did not set out to cause the war as part of an evil master plan, but blundered into it partly by accident, aided by the shortcomings of others.
Taylor's most perfect work of art, a miracle of proportion, language and insight * Robert Skidelsky *
A dazzling exercise in revisionism which summed up Taylor's paradoxical, provocative and inventive approach to history * The Times *
Taylor was a lifelong dissenter.. at his best - as in The Origins of the Second World War ... he shifted the gorund of major debates -- Ben Pimlott * Financial Times *
No historian of the past century has been more accessible -- Niall Ferguson * Sunday Telegraph *
An almost faultless masterpiece * Observer *
Highly original and penetrating ... No one who has digested this enthralling work will ever be able to look at the period again in quite the same way * Sunday Telegraph *
A dazzling exercise in revisionism which summed up Taylor's paradoxical, provocative and inventive approach to history * The Times *
Taylor was a lifelong dissenter.. at his best - as in The Origins of the Second World War ... he shifted the gorund of major debates -- Ben Pimlott * Financial Times *
No historian of the past century has been more accessible -- Niall Ferguson * Sunday Telegraph *
An almost faultless masterpiece * Observer *
Highly original and penetrating ... No one who has digested this enthralling work will ever be able to look at the period again in quite the same way * Sunday Telegraph *
A.J.P. Taylor (1906-1990) was one of the most controversial historians of the twentieth century. He served as a lecturer at the Universities of Manchester, Oxford, and London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140136722 |
| ISBN 10 | 014013672X |
| Title | The Origins of the Second World War |
| Author | A J P Taylor |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1991-10-31 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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