Élisabeth Stempak, Foreign Rights Manager
"Extensive, unprecedented work from a renowned and admired historian. Includes 50 new maps illustrating his research."

The result of a decade's research, this analysis of the Second World War is innovative in its global approach. It covers all fronts: Europe, Asia-Pacific (often neglected, especially China), North Africa and the Middle East. It then looks at all the major players (Canadians, Australians, Indians, etc.) and covers all the fields—military and strategic, ideological, economic, logistical, technological, etc.—as well as cultural, social and commemorative history (often given short shrift). Finally, it integrates all the essential works published over the last generation into a single volume as rigorous in its content as it is clear in its form.