History Of The Second World War (Eight Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Slipcase: Worn
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Complete run - 128 volumes in 8 binders. 16 vols in each binder. Good-fair. Some volumes in good conditions whereas earlier volumes has some foxing; minimal moisture damage. Binders - worn and rubbed. 2 Fold-out inserts included.
From the smoldering ruins of a continent torn apart by the most destructive conflict in human history, History of the Second World War chronicles the rise and fall of the Third Reich with unflinching authority and meticulous detail. Issue One plunges the reader directly into the machinery of Nazi Germany — its ideology, its military apparatus, and the terrifying efficiency with which it mobilised a nation for total war — illustrated with rare photographs, maps, and first-hand accounts that bring the era to visceral life. Originally published in weekly instalments by Purnell beginning in 1966, this landmark partwork series was edited under the editorial direction of Basil Liddell Hart and Barrie Pitt, two of the foremost military historians of the 20th century, and was sold at newsstands across Britain for just 3/6 per issue, making serious military scholarship accessible to a mass readership for the first time. The series stands as a towering achievement in popular historiography, weaving together strategic analysis, political context, and personal testimony into a panoramic narrative of the war's causes, campaigns, and consequences. Each issue presents a self-contained yet interconnected study of a defining episode or theme, and the inclusion of a free fold-out map with this inaugural edition signals the series' commitment to geographic and tactical clarity. For collectors, students of military history, and those drawn to the darkest and most consequential chapter of the modern era, this first issue raises a single, irresistible question: how did the world allow it to happen?
Author: Edited by Barrie Pitt
Format: Paperback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Slipcase: Worn
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Complete run - 128 volumes in 8 binders. 16 vols in each binder. Good-fair. Some volumes in good conditions whereas earlier volumes has some foxing; minimal moisture damage. Binders - worn and rubbed. 2 Fold-out inserts included.
From the smoldering ruins of a continent torn apart by the most destructive conflict in human history, History of the Second World War chronicles the rise and fall of the Third Reich with unflinching authority and meticulous detail. Issue One plunges the reader directly into the machinery of Nazi Germany — its ideology, its military apparatus, and the terrifying efficiency with which it mobilised a nation for total war — illustrated with rare photographs, maps, and first-hand accounts that bring the era to visceral life. Originally published in weekly instalments by Purnell beginning in 1966, this landmark partwork series was edited under the editorial direction of Basil Liddell Hart and Barrie Pitt, two of the foremost military historians of the 20th century, and was sold at newsstands across Britain for just 3/6 per issue, making serious military scholarship accessible to a mass readership for the first time. The series stands as a towering achievement in popular historiography, weaving together strategic analysis, political context, and personal testimony into a panoramic narrative of the war's causes, campaigns, and consequences. Each issue presents a self-contained yet interconnected study of a defining episode or theme, and the inclusion of a free fold-out map with this inaugural edition signals the series' commitment to geographic and tactical clarity. For collectors, students of military history, and those drawn to the darkest and most consequential chapter of the modern era, this first issue raises a single, irresistible question: how did the world allow it to happen?