{"product_id":"2026200013942-secondhand-world-war-ii","title":"World War Ii","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew conflicts have reshaped the world as profoundly as the Second World War, and World War II by Ivor Matanle stands as one of the most visually arresting and comprehensively detailed accounts of that global catastrophe. Drawing on an extraordinary archive of photographs sourced from the Keystone Collection in London — including images from Central Press and Fox Photos — the book chronicles the war's sweeping arc across multiple theatres, from the invasion of Poland to the fall of Berlin and the Pacific surrender, presenting the human cost of industrialised warfare with unflinching clarity.\n\nMatanle's text and captions, paired with a foreword contributed by luminaries including Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Oberbürgermeister Manfred Rommel, and John S.D. Eisenhower, lend the work an extraordinary weight of authority rarely matched in popular military history. The volume argues, through both image and word, that understanding the Second World War demands confronting its individual human stories as much as its grand strategic narratives. Designed with meticulous care by Philip Clucas MSIAD, this is a landmark work of photographic history — one that leaves the reader asking not just how the war was won, but at what immeasurable cost.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49210239975643,"sku":"2026200013942-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7e7655f6-8e12-455f-a2fd-7f035a047fd6.png?v=1788267868","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013942-secondhand-world-war-ii","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}