World War II Book

This set of 10 books tells the stories of key events, individuals, and battles of this long and bitter war. It examines the roots of the confilct, which lay largely in political tensions that remained unresolved after World War I. The books cover the political, economic, social and technological context of the fighting, and describe how noncombatants on home fronts around the world were affected by war. The final book in the set explores the repercussions of World War II, detailing the massive shift in world's balance of power and the onset of the Cold War.