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Scorched Earth

By Chamberlin, Paul Thomas

Scorched Earth

By Chamberlin, Paul Thomas

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A radical new history of history's most brutal struggle for survival between imperial powers. In popular memory, World War II was an unalloyed victory for freedom over totalitarianism, and democratic order over the age of empires. Scorched Earth dispatches the myth of World War II as a 'good' war. Instead, it reveals the conflict as a massive battle beset by vicious racial atrocities, fought between rival empires across huge stretches of Asia and Europe. The war was sparked by German and Japanese invasions that threatened the old powers' dominance, not by Allied opposition to fascism. The Allies achieved victory not through pluck and democratic idealism but through savage firebombing raids on civilian targets and the slaughter of millions of Soviet soldiers. The Soviet Union and the United States emerged as hyper-militarized new imperial powers, each laying claim to former Axis holdings across the globe before turning on one another and triggering a new forever war. Dramatically rendered and persuasively argued, Scorched Earth shows that World War II marked the culmination of centuries of colonial violence and ushered in a new era of imperial struggle.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
656
Release Date:
2025-05-08
Publication Date:
2025-05-08
Publisher:
John Murray Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1529333857
ISBN13:
9781529333855
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
830 g
Height:
155 cm
Width:
233 cm
Thickness:
49 cm
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