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Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945

Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945

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  • Create Date：2021-12-19 17:21:16
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：Richard Overy
  • ISBN：067002516X
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Reviews

Simon Beechinor ，

Wow - what a hard act for any historian to follow。。。 a thoroughly absorbing and often harrowing account that offers an independent and sometimes troubling perspective of the cataclysmic global events of the period。

David C Ward ，

A very thorough， detailed world history of WWII covering everything from campaigns to economies to moral issues。 Not sure I buy the premise that WWII was an Imperial war as the axis sought new territories just like the 19th imperialist empires。 International relations changed after WWI even if the British empire （for one） hadn’t yet dissolved。 The militarization of the Japanese and German governments， not just their authoritarianism， was something new as， of course， was the eliminationism of the A very thorough， detailed world history of WWII covering everything from campaigns to economies to moral issues。 Not sure I buy the premise that WWII was an Imperial war as the axis sought new territories just like the 19th imperialist empires。 International relations changed after WWI even if the British empire （for one） hadn’t yet dissolved。 The militarization of the Japanese and German governments， not just their authoritarianism， was something new as， of course， was the eliminationism of the Nazis。 There’s a hint of moral equivalence in comparisons between western inequities， especially American racism， and the Holocaust。 No society is perfect but there are degrees。 。 。and those degrees are historically derived。 。。。more

Sean O'Donoghue ，

The subtitle of this book， as shown here， is NOT "a history of the second world war" but "The Great Imperial War 1931-1945"， which is why i purchased and read it， as wars by and large are part of Imperial and neo-imperial impulses。 Anyway， a fascinating book， all 850 pages。 Was a bit reluctant inititially as author is employed by right wing UK university， Exeter， where M15 recruit many of their spooks， but found his analysis suited all my prejudices。 The book is magistrarial。。。。a bit like a ful The subtitle of this book， as shown here， is NOT "a history of the second world war" but "The Great Imperial War 1931-1945"， which is why i purchased and read it， as wars by and large are part of Imperial and neo-imperial impulses。 Anyway， a fascinating book， all 850 pages。 Was a bit reluctant inititially as author is employed by right wing UK university， Exeter， where M15 recruit many of their spooks， but found his analysis suited all my prejudices。 The book is magistrarial。。。。a bit like a full course on WW2。 Half of it is concerned with the details of the War， from the Japanese assault on China in 1931， and half with the overall context of the war and the various peace treaties in the aftermath， with the end of Empires， the birth of Israel and America becoming top dog， ensuring those who were part of the resistance in Greece and Yugoslavia， mostly communist led， did not get to sit at the top table when it was all done。 Highly recommended - a chapter at a time！！ 。。。more