The Origins of the Second World War by Professor A.J.P. Taylor Paperback Book

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Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, the author argues provocatively that Hitler did not set out to cause the war as part of an evil master plan, but blundered into it partly by accident, aided by the shortcomings of others.

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One of the most popular and controversial historians of the twentieth century, who made his subject accessible to millions, A.J.P. Taylor caused a storm of outrage with this scandalous bestseller. Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, he argued provocatively that Hitler did not set out to cause the war as part of an evil master plan, but blundered into it partly by accident, aided by the shortcomings of others. Fiercely attacked for vindicating Hitler, A.J.P. Taylor's stringent re-examination of the events preceding the Nazi invasion of Poland on 1st September 1939 opened up new debate, and is now recognized as a brilliant and classic piece of scholarly research.'Highly original and penetrating ... No one who has digested this enthralling work will ever be able to look at the period again in quite the same way' Sunday Telegraph.

Author Biography

A.J.P. Taylor (1906-1990) was one of the most controversial historians of the twentieth century. He served as a lecturer at the Universities of Manchester, Oxford, and London.

Table of Contents

Forgotten problem; the legacy of the First World War; the post-war decade; the end of Versailles; the Abyssinian affair and the end of Locarno; the half-armed peace, 1936-38; Anschluss - the end of Austria; the crisis over Czechoslovakia; peace for six months; the war of nerves; war for Danzig.

Review

Taylor's most perfect work of art, a miracle of proportion, language and insight * Robert Skidelsky *A dazzling exercise in revisionism which summed up Taylor's paradoxical, provocative and inventive approach to history * The Times *Taylor was a lifelong dissenter ... at his best - as in The Origins of the Second World War ... he shifted the gorund of major debates -- Ben Pimlott * Financial Times *No historian of the past century has been more accessible -- Niall Ferguson * Sunday Telegraph *An almost faultless masterpiece * Observer *Highly original and penetrating ... No one who has digested this enthralling work will ever be able to look at the period again in quite the same way * Sunday Telegraph *

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Taylor's most perfect work of art, a miracle of proportion, language and insight

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Taylor's most perfect work of art, a miracle of proportion, language and insight

Details ISBN014013672X Pages 368 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 1991 ISBN-10 014013672X ISBN-13 9780140136722 Format Paperback Publication Date 1991-10-31 Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 940.53112 Illustrations maps Media Book Edition 1st Series Penguin History UK Release Date 1991-10-31 Author A.J.P. Taylor Alternative 9780141927022 Audience General NZ Release Date 1991-10-30 AU Release Date 1991-10-30 We've got this

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