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Beginning with the German invasion of Poland and concluding with the Japanese surrender, this majestic overview of WW II concentrates on the tactical decisions made by Allied and Axis leaders and the interrelationship among the various theaters. Weinberg ( The Foreign Policy of Hitler's Germany ) depicts the struggle to control the oceans, the effort to halt the German and Japanese advances and the development of postwar plans which influenced the course of battle. In his well-documented study, Weinberg shows the linkage betwen grand strategy and diplomacy, highlights intelligence gathering and tactics. He describes how the conflict affected the economies and morale of the countries involved and offers a revised estimate of deaths and casualties suffered by the belligerents. Rich in content and sharply interpretive, Weinberg's book is a stunning achievement. History Book Club main selection; BOMC dual selection.
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WORLDWIDE PRAISE for A World at Arms United States "...the prose is clear, the detail arresting and the arguments carefully deployed... This is a tour de force, classical diplomatic history at its best. Mr. Weinberg's global view of the war pays dividends again and again." David Reynolds, The New York Times Book Review "Mr. Weinberg has provided a masterful study that captures the global sweep, carnage and ultimate triumph of this war. It is a book to read, ponder and then reread. Quite simply, A World at Arms had now taken its place as the one-volume history of the Second World War." Calvin L. Christman, Dallas Morning News "This brilliant and exhaustively researched masterwork is simply the best book to date on World War II." Detroit Free Press United Kingdom "Splendid and truly encyclopedic... A vast public of many nationalities needs to know what happened to the world between 1939 and 1945. Intelli gent, learned, methodical, patient and lucid, Mr