The military events of the Second World War have been the subject of historical debate from 1945 to the present. It mattered greatly who won, and fighting was the essential determinant of victory or defeat. In Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of the Second World War a team of twenty-five leading historians offer a comprehensive and authoritative new account of the war's military and strategic history. Part I examines the military cultures and strategic objectives of the eight major powers involved. Part II surveys the course of the war in its key theatres across the world, and assesses why one side or the other prevailed there. Part III considers, in a comparative way, key aspects of military activity, including planning, intelligence, and organisation of troops and matrial, as well as guerrilla fighting and treatment of prisoners of war.
General introduction Evan Mawdsley; Introduction to Volume 1 John Ferris and Evan Mawdsley; Part I. Grand Strategies: Introduction to Part I John Ferris and Evan Mawdsley; 1. British military strategy David French; 2. China's long war with Japan Jay Taylor; 3. French grand strategy and defence preparations Martin S. Alexander; 4. German strategy, 1939-45 Gerhard Weinberg; 5. Mussolini's strategy 1939-43 John Gooch; 6. Feigning grand strategy: Japan, 1937-45 Alessio Patalono; 7. US grand strategy, 1939-45 Thomas Mahnken; 8. Soviet strategy Bruce W. Menning and Jonathan House; Part II. Campaigns: Introduction to Part II John Ferris and Evan Mawdsley; 9. Campaigns in China, 1937-45 Hans Van De Ven; 10. War in the West, 1939-40: an unplanned Blitzkrieg Karl-Heinz Frieser; 11. War in the West, 1939-40: the Battle of Britain? John Ferris and Evan Mawdsley; 12. Operations on the Eastern Front, 1941-5 David R. Stone; 13. The Mediterranean and North Africa, 1940-4 Simon Ball; 14. The war in the West, 1943-5 Mary Kathryn Barbier; 15. The war in the Pacific, 1941-5 John T. Kuehn; 16. The Atlantic war, 1939-45 Marc Milner; 17. Anglo-American strategic bombing, 1940-5 Tami Davis Biddle; Part III. Fighting Forces: Introduction to Part III John Ferris and Evan Mawdsley; 18. War planning Eliot Cohen; 19. Armies, navies, air forces: the instruments of war Dennis Showalter; 20. Filling the ranks: conscription and personnel policies Sanders Marble; 21. Logistics by land and air Phillips O'Brien; 22. Intelligence John Ferris; 23. Prisoners of war Bob Moore; 24. Guerrillas and counter-insurgency Ben H. Shepherd; Bibliographical essays; Index.
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