Roberts, Andrew,  1963- <br/><br/>
The storm of war :  a new history of the Second World War / 
Andrew Roberts. 
 - 1st Harper Perennial ed. 
 - New York :  Harper Perennial,  2012. 
 - lvi, 712 p. :  ill., maps ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Onslaught. Four invasions : September 1939-April 1940 ; Führer imperator : May-June 1940 ; Last Hope Island : June 1940-June 1941 ; Contesting the Littoral : September 1939-June 1942 ; Kicking in the door : June-December 1941 ; Tokyo typhoon : December 1941-May 1942 -- Climacteric. The everlasting shame of mankind : 1939-1945 ; Five minutes at Midway : June 1942-October 1944 ; Midnight in the devil's gardens : July 1942-May 1943 ; The motherland overwhelms the fatherland : January 1942-February 1943 ; The waves of air and sea : 1939-1945 ; Up the wasp-waist peninsula : July 1943-May 1945 -- Retribution. A salient reversal : March-August 1943 ; The cruel reality : 1939-1945 ; Norman conquest : June-August 1944 ; Western approaches : August 1944-March 1945 ; Eastern approaches : August 1943-May 1945 ; The land of the setting sun : October 1944-September 1945. 
<br/><br/> A comprehensive history of World War II analyzes the factors that affected the war's outcome and presents stories of many little-known individuals whose experiences displayed the epitome of courage and self-sacrifice. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780061228605 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012454070 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1939-1945.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns.<br/>Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945.<br/>Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945--Campañas.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D 743  / R643s 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.54