Origins of the Second World War in Europe

List of Maps vii List of Tables viii List of Illustrations ix Editor's Foreword xi Acknowledgements xiv Publisher's Acknowledgements xv Note to the Third Edition xvi Abbreviations xvii PART ONE Introduction: Problems of Interpretation 1(54) On War and the Causes of War 3(12) A Thirty Years War? The Disintegration of Europe 15(19) The Case Against a Thirty Years War: the Restoration of Europe 34(9) History and Historians 43(12) PART TWO The Underlying Forces 55(176) The Role of Ideology 57(3) Italian Fascism 60(20) German Nazism 80(20) Parliamentary Democracy: France and Britain 100(25) Soviet Communism 125(20) Economic Issues and the Coming of War 143(2) The Great Depression and International Relations 145(22) Economic Problems and the Coming of War 167(20) The Role of Strategy and Armed Force 185(2) Armed Forces, Strategy, and Foreign Policy (1): France and Britain 187(25) Armed Forces, Strategy, and Foreign Policy (2): Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union 212(19) PART THREE The Coming of War, 1932--1941 231(117) Introduction 233(1) From Peace to the Eve of War, 1932--1937 234(27) War Postponed, 1938 261(24) Decisions for War, 1939 285(29) The Expanding War, 1939--1940 314(20) Germany and the Soviet Union, 1940--1941 334(14) Conclusion 348(6) Chronology 354(5) Who's Who 359(5) Further Reading 364(13) Maps 377(11) Index 388