Origins of the Second World War Reconsidered

'A valuable, stimulating and enjoyable book. It combines the essence of Taylors views, considered judgement upon them, plus a useful summary of recent research on the subject....the contributions taken as an entity constitute a masterly overview and review of the major issues of the inter-war period and of the Origins of the Second World War.' - Modern German Studies Newsletter'as they are so good at doing Routledge have put together a mass of very different material' - Rivista

• Chapter 1 The revisionist as moralist, Gordon Martel; Chapter 2 1918 and after, Sally Marks; Chapter 3 The end of Versailles, Stephen A. Schuker; Chapter 4 Mussolini and the myth of Rome, Alan Cassels; Chapter 5 A. J. P. Taylor and the problem with France, Robert J. Young; Chapter 6 Misjudging Hitler, Richard Overy; Chapter 7 Appeasement, Paul Kennedy, Talbot Imlay; Chapter 8 Debating the role of Russia in the origins of the Second World War, Teddy J. Uldricks; Chapter 9 Japan at war, Louise Young; Chapter 10 More than meets the eye, Brian R. Sullivan; Chapter 11 The Spanish Civil War and the origins of the Second World War, Mary Habeck; Chapter 12 The phantom crisis, Sean Greenwood;