"The Second World War" by John Keegan — Leather-bound, gilt-edged Easton Press edition 10

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Full title: The Second World War by John Keegan. Published in Norwalk, Connecticut by The Easton Press. Collector's Edition.

From the publisher:

"Praised as “the best military historian of our generation” by Tom Clancy, John Keegan reconsiders his masterful study of World War II

"Keegan examines each theater of the war, focusing on five crucial battles and offering new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfare. In eloquent, perceptive analyses of the airborne battle of Crete, the carrier battle of Midway, the tank battle of Falaise, the city battle of Berlin, and the amphibious battle of Okinawa, Keegan illuminates the strategic dilemmas faced by the leaders and the consequences of their decisions on the fighting men and the course of the war as a whole. An extraordinary, definitive history, The Second World War will be required reading for generations to come."

Contents:

• Prologue
• Every man a soldier
• Fomenting world war
  
  
• Part I: The War in the West 1940-1943
  
• The Triumph of Blitzkrieg
  
• Air Battle: the Battle of Britain
  
• War supply and the Battle of the Atlantic
  
  Part II: The War in the East 1941-1943
  
• Hitler's strategic dilemma
  
• Securing the eastern springboard
  
• Airborne battle: Crete
  
• Barbarossa
  
• War production
  
• Crimean summer, Stalingrad winter
  
  Part III: The War in the Pacific 1941-1943
  
• Tojo's strategic dilemma
  
• From Pearl Harbor to Midway
  
• Carrier battle: Midway
  
• Occupation and repression
  
• The war for the islands
  Part IV: The War in the West 1943-1945
  
• Churchill's strategic dilemma
  
• Three wars in Africa
  
• Italy and the Balkans
  
• Overlord
  
• Tank battle: Falaise
  
• Strategic bombing
  
• The Ardennes and the Rhine
  
  Part V: The War in the East 1943-1945
  
• Stalin's strategic dilemma
  
• Kursk and the recapture of western Russia
  
• Resistance and espionage
  
• The Vistula and the Danube
  
• City battle: the siege of Berlin
  
  Part VI: The War in the Pacific 1943-1945
  
• Roosevelt's strategic dilemma
  
• Japan's defeat in the south
  
• Amphibious battle: Okinawa
  
• Super-weapons and the defeat of Japan
  
• The legacy of the Second World War
  
  

In excellent, like new condition.

In a beautiful Easton Press limited edition. Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines.

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