Böcker i Routledge Library Editions: WW2-serien

This book, first published in 1986, argues that although Lend-Lease solved Britain's wartime supply problems, the price was the acceptance of a series of burdens that seriously aggravated the country's long-term economic decline.

This book, first published in 1985, examines various aspects of the intellectual achievements of writers and artists in the Vichy period; a strong emphasis on the ambiguity of much of their work emerges from the research. It goes a long way in answering the question of what it was like living under the fascist Vichy regime.

This book, first published in 1983, illustrates the domestic and internal dimension of appeasement and explores the political options open to the western powers in the run up to the Second World War. It examines the factors pointing in the direction of a general settlement with the dictators.

This book, first published in 1965, gives a thumb-nail sketch of the Working Men's College during wartime. It describes from contemporary accounts the life in the College itself, and reprints a selection of letters received from College men serving in the armed forces, giving a clear-eyed picture of the lives of men at war.

This book, first published in 1988, charts society's responses to the huge numbers of refugees in Europe and the Middle East during and after the Second World War. At the close of the war large areas of Europe lay in ruins, and large numbers of refugees faced upheaval and famine.

This book, first published in 1983, brings together leading world experts on film and radio propaganda in a study which deals with each of the major powers as well as several under occupation. It examines each nations' propaganda content and compares the various strands of output designed for different audiences.

This book, first published in 1988, provides a comparative approach for looking at the filmic witness of the final days of the Third Reich, and the opening of Stunde Null (Zero Hour) - the birth of a new Germany. It contains articles by a group of international scholars each dealing with the message of German defeat.

This book, first published in 1987, examines the elements that constitute the French identity through the experience of the Second World War - a constant point of reference, a landmark to which the collective consciousness returns again and again.

This book, first published in 1978, examines the influence of the General Staffs upon the diplomacy of appeasement and rearmament between 1931 and 1941. The great question of European security and order are examined here through the eyes of Cabinets and Foreign Offices as well as through the eyes of Chiefs of Staff.

This book, first published in 1955, collects together accounts of some of the men and women who served as members of the remarkable S.O.E. and provides a valuable record of the types of people involved, and the work that they undertook.

This book, first published in 1989, is the first general study of Communism in Mediterranean Europe during and immediately after the war. It explores controversial issues including Stalin's intentions in post-war diplomacy, Communist attitudes to Nazi collaboration in France, and the origins of the Cold War.

With contributions from noted critics and film historians from both countries, this book, first published in 1994, examines some of the most innovative and disturbing propaganda ever created. It analyses the conflicting images of these films and their effectiveness in defining public perception of the enemy.

This book, first published in 1985, examines various aspects of the intellectual achievements of writers and artists in the Vichy period; a strong emphasis on the ambiguity of much of their work emerges from the research. It goes a long way in answering the question of what it was like living under the fascist Vichy regime.