{"product_id":"leather-bound-gilt-edged-easton-press-edition-11","title":"\"The Second World War\" by John Keegan — Leather-bound, gilt-edged Easton Press edition 10","description":"\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdated on June 16, 2026:\u003c\/strong\u003e This book has been sold.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFull title: \u003cem\u003eThe Second World War\u003c\/em\u003e by John Keegan. Published in Norwalk, Connecticut by The Easton Press. Collector's Edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\"Praised as “the best military historian of our generation” by Tom Clancy, John Keegan reconsiders his masterful study of World War II\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"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, \u003cem\u003eThe Second World War\u003c\/em\u003e will be required reading for generations to come.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrologue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery man a soldier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFomenting world war\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: The War in the West 1940-1943\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Triumph of Blitzkrieg\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir Battle: the Battle of Britain\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWar supply and the Battle of the Atlantic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: The War in the East 1941-1943\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHitler's strategic dilemma\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecuring the eastern springboard\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAirborne battle: Crete\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBarbarossa\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWar production\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrimean summer, Stalingrad winter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: The War in the Pacific 1941-1943\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTojo's strategic dilemma\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Pearl Harbor to Midway\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrier battle: Midway\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOccupation and repression\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe war for the islands\u003cbr\u003ePart IV: The War in the West 1943-1945\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChurchill's strategic dilemma\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree wars in Africa\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eItaly and the Balkans\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverlord\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTank battle: Falaise\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrategic bombing\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ardennes and the Rhine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart V: The War in the East 1943-1945\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStalin's strategic dilemma\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKursk and the recapture of western Russia\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResistance and espionage\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Vistula and the Danube\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCity battle: the siege of Berlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart VI: The War in the Pacific 1943-1945\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoosevelt's strategic dilemma\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJapan's defeat in the south\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmphibious battle: Okinawa\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuper-weapons and the defeat of Japan\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe legacy of the Second World War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn excellent, like new condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a beautiful Easton Press limited edition. 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