TY - BOOK AU - PARKER R.A.C TI - The Second World War: a short history SN - 9780192802071 (pbk) U1 - 940.53 PAR PY - 2001/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - NAZI PARTY KW - SECOND WORLD WAR KW - COLD WAR KW - MOBILE WARFARE KW - HOLOCAUST N1 - First published as Struggle for survival, Oxford : OUP,1989 N2 - The Second World War: A Short History offers a completely comprehensive overview of the Second World War. It outlines the strategies of the participants and the strengths and weaknesses of their fighting forces. It is a vivid picture of the features that distinguished the Second World War from any war that preceded it, including mobile warfare, widespread forced migration, the Holocaust, and strategic and nuclear bombing ER -