How war came: the immediate origins of the Second World War, 1938-1939

London : Pimlico, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 736 pages. Contents: May 1945: Europe's end -- The preliminaries to Europe's suicide -- Hitler plans a new war -- Ribbentrop in difficulties -- Rearmament and settlement: Chamberlain after Munich -- Lord Halifax is alarmed -- Stalin makes a speech -- Divided counsels in Washington: Roosevelt backs Britain and France -- Hitler enters Prague -- Chamberlain chooses containment -- Hitler turns against Poland -- Anger in Rome -- Stalin begins to calculate -- Decision in May -- Muddled signals from Washington -- The struggle for the Balkans: round 1 -- Turkey -- The struggle for the Balkans: round 2 -- Yugoslavia and the drift to the west -- Hitler steps up the pressure: die for Danzig? -- The Japanese army overplays its hand -- Molotov calls for bids -- The amateurs attempt to avert a war -- Italy betrayed -- Hitler wills his war -- Ribbentrop in Moscow: the Nazi-Soviet Pact signed -- The impact of the Nazi-Soviet Pact -- War ordered -- and deferred: August 25 in Berlin -- Regrouping for war -- Poland attacked: the West's inglorious hour -- Fencing in, fencing out war: Roosevelt, Pius XII, King L�opold and the neutrals -- Thunder in London -- September 3: the British ultimatum -- Afterthoughts. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Causes. War Causes. World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history. History. World War II Europe History 1939-1945 Origins.