This book is clear, crisp and jargon-free. It is presented as an analytical narrative, and presupposes no previous knowledge of the events it surveys. It deals with the war in Asia and the Pacific as well as the European arena. It combines interpretative authority with up-to-date scholarship and a companionable writing style. And it tells the story richly but concisely, within the covers of a single manageable volume.

Introduction; 1: From the Outbreak of the War to the Fall of France; 2: The Battle of Britain and the Balkan Campaign; 3: The Attack on the Soviet Union; 4: The War in the Mediterranean; 5: The War at Sea and in the Air; 6: The War in Asia; 7: The United States and the War; 8: Europe under the Nazis; 9: Two Countries at War: Britain and Germany; 10: From Moscow to Kursk; 11: Italy and the Balkans; 12: The Soviet Advance; 13: From Normandy to The Elbe; 14: The End of the War in Asia; 15: Conclusion