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In the course of the twentieth century, no war looms as profoundly transformative or as destructive as World War II. Its global scope and human toll reveal the true face of modern, industrialized warfare. Now, for the first time, we have a comprehensive, single-volume account of how and why this global conflict evolved as it did. A War To Be Won is a unique and powerful operational history of the Second World War that tells the full story of battle on land, on sea, and in the air. Williamson Murray and Allan R. Millett analyze the operations and tactics that defined the conduct of the war in both the European and Pacific Theaters. Moving between the war room and the battlefield, we see how strategies were crafted and revised, and how the multitudes of combat troops struggled to discharge their orders. The authors present incisive portraits of the military leaders, on both sides of the struggle, demonstrating the ambiguities they faced, the opportunities they took, and those they missed. Throughout, we see the relationship between the actual operations of the war and their political and moral implications. A War To Be Won is the culmination of decades of research by two of America's premier military historians. It avoids a celebratory view of the war but preserves a profound respect for the problems the Allies faced and overcame as well as a realistic assessment of the Axis accomplishments and failures. It is the essential military history of World War II-from the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the surrender of Japan in 1945-for students, scholars, and general readers alike.… (meer)
Pages 1-142, 262-335, and 374-483 were assigned readings for WWII in Europe Case Study in S&W at the NWC. This served as my core text and primary reference material for my paper on Allied Strategy. This quote from the preface was central to helping me formulate my argument, "the greatest advantage the Allies enjoyed over the Axis was the capacity to make strategic decisions that balanced ends against means" (pg x).
From the syllabus: Murray and Millett’s narrative history of the Second World War focuses on the operational level of war. The selections assigned cover the entire war in Europe from its inception in September 1939 until the surrender of Germany in May 1945.
Desde que terminó la segunda guerra mundial se han publicado innumerables estudios sobre los más diversos aspectos del conflicto. Lo que se echaba en falta era una visión global que sintetizase estas investigaciones, y esa ha sido la tarea a la que han dedicado décadas de trabajo los profesores Murray y Millett, dos de los máximos especialistas mundiales en el campo de la historia militar. El resultado es una soberbia visión de conjunto que servirá de obra de referencia para los estudiosos, pero que ha sido concebida, ante todo, pensando en el lector medio, que encontrará en estas páginas el apasionante relato de una de las mayores tragedias de la historia de la humanidad. No en vano ha dicho el general Vessey, que presidió el Joint Chiefs of Staff de los Estados unidos: «Me propongo decir a mis nietos que si quieren entender la segunda guerra mundial y la generación que combatió en ella, deben leer este libro».
This is a full historical review of what we call world War II. The political, economic, human and military aspects are described in enough detail to tie them together. Certainly each area could have volumes written about them and still not have exhausted all the information available. This volume does not exhaustively review every subject, but presents enough of each concept to give the reader an understanding of the complexities of the events. The military events are covered in the greatest detail with the underlying economic and political causes/results of the military events described.
This is a readable and interesting history of a great time in history which still impacts our lives today. Because of the wealth of detail this is not a "fast read" - rather it took time to put all the information together. I did find it enjoyable and informative to understand the roles played by all involved. I was surprised about some assessments of leaders I had always considered heroes. The one difficult problem I had was with the paucity of maps and when they were present, the narrative described events at places not on the map. Made for tough going trying place events in places. A book worth reading to give an overall look at WWII. I give this one 4 stars. ( )
In the course of the twentieth century, no war looms as profoundly transformative or as destructive as World War II. Its global scope and human toll reveal the true face of modern, industrialized warfare. Now, for the first time, we have a comprehensive, single-volume account of how and why this global conflict evolved as it did. A War To Be Won is a unique and powerful operational history of the Second World War that tells the full story... ( )
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This book is dedicated to the memory of the men and women who served and/sacrificed in World War II to enlarge the possibilities of freedom - freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear - as the human race enters the twenty-first century.
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In the course of the twentieth century, no war looms as profoundly transformative or as destructive as World War II. Its global scope and human toll reveal the true face of modern, industrialized warfare. Now, for the first time, we have a comprehensive, single-volume account of how and why this global conflict evolved as it did. A War To Be Won is a unique and powerful operational history of the Second World War that tells the full story of battle on land, on sea, and in the air. Williamson Murray and Allan R. Millett analyze the operations and tactics that defined the conduct of the war in both the European and Pacific Theaters. Moving between the war room and the battlefield, we see how strategies were crafted and revised, and how the multitudes of combat troops struggled to discharge their orders. The authors present incisive portraits of the military leaders, on both sides of the struggle, demonstrating the ambiguities they faced, the opportunities they took, and those they missed. Throughout, we see the relationship between the actual operations of the war and their political and moral implications. A War To Be Won is the culmination of decades of research by two of America's premier military historians. It avoids a celebratory view of the war but preserves a profound respect for the problems the Allies faced and overcame as well as a realistic assessment of the Axis accomplishments and failures. It is the essential military history of World War II-from the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the surrender of Japan in 1945-for students, scholars, and general readers alike.
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From the syllabus: Murray and Millett’s narrative history of the Second World War focuses on the operational level of war. The selections assigned cover the entire war in Europe from its inception in September 1939 until the surrender of Germany in May 1945.