Download or read book The Penguin History of the Second World War written by Guy Wint and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1999-09-02 with total page 1366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1972 under the title TOTAL WAR, THE PENGUIN HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR was designed by its authors to show a rising generation why the Second World War happened and how it was conducted. In this bold feat of compression they give as much stress and space to political, social and moral forces (not to mention intelligence and other activities 'behind the line') as to the ensuing clashes of arms. This acclaimed analysis of the causes and courses of the Second World War has stood the tests of time and criticism.