Paths to war : new essays on the origins of the Second World War

The Legacy Of The First World War / Michael Howard -- World War, World Depression : Some Economic Origins Of The Second World War / Robert Boyce -- Hitler's War Plans And The German Economy / Richard Overy -- The Cut Price War On The Peripheries : The French General Staff, The Rhineland And Czechoslovakia / Nicole Jordan -- Anglo-italian Rivalry In The Mediterranean And The Middle East, 1935-1940 / Steven Morewood -- The European Great Powers And The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 / Glyn Stone -- Guilty Men : The Case Of Neville Chamberlain / Sidney Aster -- Why The British Dominions Declared War / Ritchie Ovendale -- Deterrent Diplomacy : Roosevelt And The Containment Of Germany, 1938-1940 / Callum Macdonald -- German Mobilization Preparations And The Treaties Between Germany And The Soviet Union Of August And September 1939 / Esmonde M. Robertson -- Hitler Turns From The West To Russia, May-december 1940 / Esmonde M. Robertson -- The Japanese Decision To Move South / Sumio Hatano And Sadao Asada. Edited By Robert Boyce And Esmonde M. Robertson. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 408-417. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-32 The Legacy of the First World War....Pages 33-54 ‘World Depression, World War: Some Economic Origins of the Second World War’....Pages 55-95 Hitler’s War Plans And The German Economy....Pages 96-127 The Cut Price War on the Peripheries: The French General Staff, The Rhineland And Czechoslovakia....Pages 128-166 Anglo-Italian Rivalry in the Mediterranean and Middle East, 1935–1940....Pages 167-198 The European Great Powers and The Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939....Pages 199-232 ‘Guilty Men’: The Case of Neville Chamberlain....Pages 233-268 Why the British Dominions Declared War....Pages 269-296 Deterrent Diplomacy: Roosevelt and the Containment of Germany, 1938–1940....Pages 297-329 German Mobilisation Preparations and the Treaties Between Germany and the Soviet Union of August and September 1939....Pages 330-366 Hitler Turns from the West to Russia May–December 1940....Pages 367-382 The Japanese Decision to Move South(1939–1941)....Pages 383-407 Back Matter....Pages 408-431 Esmonde Robertson has assembled an international team of contributors who each consider a key aspect of the subject. This collection of essays considers how the major issues have been tackled by the leading authorities and provides students with access to some of the latest research. Esmonde Robertson has assembled an international team of contributors who each consider a key aspect of the subject. This collection of essays considers how the major issues have been tackled by the leading authorities and provides studends with access to some of the latest research