Richard Overy has written many articles and a number of books on various aspects of the Second World War. Amongst these are: The Nazi Economic Recovery ^(Macmillan, 1982), The Origins of the Second World War (Longmans, 1987), and The Road to War (With A. Wheatcroft, BBC/Macmillan 1989, Random House 1990, Papermac 1991). He lives in SW London.

'What Overy's careful and valuable studies actually do is to confirm the conclusions of all other unprejudiced scholars who have used business archives with similar determination.'Times Literary Supplement