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Authored by Richard Overy and Andrew Wheatcroft, it connects national and international developments through a structured analysis covering Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, the Soviet Union, Japan, and the United States, supported by references and a comparative military appendix. The revised edition updates and expands key explanations of major causes and decision points.","PENGUIN BOOKS  \nTHE ROAD TO WAR  \n‘For a brief and fair description of the origins of the conflict that consumed the world from 1939 to 1945 – and even beyond – this  \nbook could hardly be bettered’ Modern History Review  \n‘The authors combine compassion with understanding, to make sound historical sense’ Economist  \n‘Without reservation … I rate this as one of the best books I have read about this great conflict … meticulously researched … It is filled with eye–opening revelations and cleverly structured analyses of how mankind’s greatest tragedy came about’ Military Review  \n‘The Road to War answers many of the questions on the origins of the war … well–argued, well–written … and well–researched. Both militarists and pacifists can put it safely in their mental haversacks’  \nDesmond Albrow, Catholic Herald  \nABOUT THE AUTHORS  \nRichard Overy is Professor of Modern History at King’s College, London. His most recent books include Why the Allies Won, The Penguin Atlas of the Third Reich and, also in Penguin, the highly praised Russia’s War. He is currently writing a history of the Nazi economy and the Oxford history of the Second World War.  \nAndrew Wheatcroft was educated at St John’s School, Leatherhead, Christ’s College, Cambridge, and the University of Madrid. He is the author of many books on nineteenth– and twentieth–century history, including The Ottomans (Penguin, 1995) and The Habsburgs (Penguin, 1996) . He is based in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and teaches in the Department of English at the University of Stirling.  \nRICHARD OVERY  \nWITH ANDREW WHEATCROFT  \nThe Road to War  \nRevised and updated edition  \nPENGUIN BOOKS  \nPENGUIN BOOKS  \nPublished by the Penguin Group Penguin Books Ltd, 27 Wrights Lane, London w8 5tz, England Penguin Putnam Inc. , 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 10 Alcorn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada m4v 3b2 Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd, Private Bag 102902, NSMC, Auckland, New Zealand  \nPenguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England  \nFirst published by Macmillan London Ltd and BBC Books 1989  \nSecond edition published in Penguin Books 1999  \n1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2  \nCopyright © Richard Overy with Andrew Wheatcroft, 1989, 1999 All rights reserved  \nThe moral right of the authors has been asserted  \nSet in 10/12.5 Monotype Sabon Typeset by Rowland Photo typesetting Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Printed in England by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc  \nExcept in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re–sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser  \nContents  \nAcknowledgements vii List of Maps ix List of Illustrations xi  \nPreface xv  \nPreface to the Second Edition xviii  \nIntroduction: ‘Who Will Die for Danzig?’ 1  \n1 Germany 25  \n2 Great Britain 73  \n3 France 121  \n4 Italy 164  \n5 The Soviet Union 210  \n6 Japan 258  \n7 The United States 298  \nConclusion: ‘A War of Great Proportions’ 344  \nAppendix: Comparative Military Expenditure and Military Strength 367  \nReferences 371  \nSelect Bibliography 405  \nIndex 427  \nAcknowledgements  \nIn the course of writing this book we have accumulated a great variety of debts which more than deserve our acknowledgement. We owe a very great deal to Gill Coleridge, whose enthusiasm for the project from the outset sustained us through its treacherous foothills and beyond. Our editor, Adam Sisman, has shown the same enthusiasm and a keen editorial eye, and the book is the better for his gently proffered recommendations. Malcolm Porter drew the maps under great pressure of time, for which we are very grateful. 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