No simple victory : World War II in Europe, 1939-1945
If history really belongs to the victor, what happens when there's more than one side declaring victory? In this fresh exploration of World War II, particularly focusing on the role of the Soviet Union and Stalin's Red Army in the defeat of Nazi Germany, Davies replaces the widely accepted "good versus evil" narrative with a more complex truth -- one in which "victory" tarnished the reputation of the West and, for most of Europe, exchanged one form of totalitarian oppression for another. - Back cover
History
ix, 544 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
9780143114093, 0143114093
191929165
Interpretation : five factors
Warfare : military action in Europe, 1939-1945
Politics : before, during, and after the war
Soldiers : from enlistment to war grave
Civilians : life and death in wartime
Portrayals : the Second World War in pictures, literature and history
Inconclusions
Published in Great Britain as Europe at war 1939-1945: no simple victory by MacMillan --title page verso
Published in Penguin Books 2008 --title page verso