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Blood and ruins : the last imperial war, 1931-1945  Cover Image Book Book

Blood and ruins : the last imperial war, 1931-1945 / Richard Overy.

Overy, R. J., (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780670025169
  • ISBN: 067002516X
  • Physical Description: xxvii, 990 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First North American edition.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published in hardcover in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House Ltd., London, in 2021"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: 'Blood and ruins'--the age of imperial war -- Nation-empires and global crisis, 1931-40 -- Imperial fantasies, imperial realities, 1940-43 -- The death of the nation-empire, 1942-45 -- Mobilizing a total war -- Fighting the war -- War economies: economies at war -- Just wars? Unjust wars? -- Civilian wars -- The emotional geography of war -- Crimes and atrocities -- Empires into nations: a different global age.
Subject: World War, 1939-1945.
Imperialism.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Town of Hanover Libraries.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Etna Library 940.53 OVE 31257000298728 Adult collection Available -
Howe Library 940.53 OVE
Memorial: Given in memory of Edward Connery Lathem and Elizabeth French Lathem
31254003792708 Lower level Available -


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