The Second World War
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Antony Beevor’s The Second World War, first published in 2012, is an ambitious history of the conflict that reshaped the twentieth century. From the Japanese invasion of China and the opening campaigns in Europe to the brutal struggle on the Eastern Front, the Allied advance and the final defeat of Germany and Japan, Beevor traces the war across continents, oceans and battlefields. His account moves between the calculations of Hitler, Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt and the experiences of soldiers, prisoners and civilians caught in the machinery of global conflict. The result is a history attentive not only to military strategy and political decisions, but also to the individual lives behind the vast movements of armies and nations.
Drawing on extensive research, eyewitness testimony, diaries and letters, Beevor brings together the interconnected theatres of war in a single, lucid narrative. He examines the ideological ambitions, strategic miscalculations and human consequences that shaped the conflict, without losing sight of the courage, cruelty and moral compromises of those who lived through it. Building on the approach developed in his acclaimed histories of Stalingrad and the fall of Berlin, this sweeping account combines the breadth of global history with a keen interest in the intimate realities of warfare. It offers a compelling perspective on the defining catastrophe of the modern age and on the people whose lives were transformed by it.
From the book
“a striking illustration of the helplessness of most ordinary mortals in the face of … overwhelming historical forces.”
— Antony Beevor, The Second World War
On The Second World War
“A work of vast research, depth and insight—perhaps too vast for some readers.”
— Kirkus Reviews