01990cam a2200277 a 450000500170000000800410001701000170005802000150007503500120009004000330010208200250013510000250016024500800018526000710026530000350033650000270037150400670039850509230046553301830138865000260157165300160159765300120161365300160162571000430164173000280168420181210062824.0921023s1994    enkb     b    001 0 eng    a   92037637   a0521443172  a1951449  aDLCbengcDLCdDLCdBD-DhBPA00a940.53222bWEW 19941 aWeinberg, Gerhard L.12aA world at arms :ba global history of World War II /cGerhard L. Weinberg.  aCambridge [Eng.] ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c1994.  axix, 1178 p. :bmaps ;c25 cm.  aMaps on lining papers.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [945]-1125) and index.00aMachine derived contents note: Preface -- Introduction -- 1. From one war to another -- 2. The German and Soviet attacks on Poland -- 3. The world turned upside down -- 4. The expanding conflict -- 5. The Eastern Front and a changing war -- 6. Halting the Japanese advance, halting the German advance: keeping them apart and shifting the balance -- 7. The war at sea 1942-44 and the blockade -- 8. The war in Europe and North Africa 1940-43: to and from Stalingrad, to and from Tunis -- 9. The Home Front -- 10. Means of warfare: old and new -- 11. The war from the spring of 1943 to summer 1944 -- 12. The assault on Germany from all sides -- 13. Tensions in both alliances -- 14. The halt on the European fronts -- 15. The final assault on Germany -- 16. The war in the Pacific: from Leyte to the 'Missouri' -- Conclusions: the cost and impact of the war -- Abbreviations -- Bibliographic essay -- Endnotes -- Index.  aElectronic reproduction.bAnn Arbor, Mich. :cUniversity of Michigan, Scholarly Publishing Office,d2002.nMode of access: World Wide Web.nAvailable to subscribing institutions. 0aWorld War, 1939-1945.  aWorld War 2  aHistory  aGlobal data2 aAmerican Council of Learned Societies.0 aACLS Humanities E-Book.