What caused the terrible events of World War II--and how do the repercussions still affect us today? And what was it like to be part of a nation fighting for its life? The answers to these and other questions make a fascinating story...one that those who didn't live through this turbulent time need to know. Follow the relentless spread of war, from the initial German blitzkriegs to the Russian campaign, from the Far East to the African front. 336 pages, 36 b/w illus., 6 x 9. NEW IN PAPERBACK
Dr John Philip Ray has taught history for forty years. In 1988 he retired from a large secondary school in Kent to undertake postgraduate research on Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Dowding and the Battle of Britain. His subsequent book The Battle of Britain: New Perspectives, published in 1994, sought to re-examine the complicated political and military background to that most important struggle. He is author of more than thirty earlier books, mostly for secondary school students preparing for examinations.