The Origins of The Second World War
by A.J.P. Taylor · first published 1963
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I've just started reading A.J.P. Taylor's controversial "The Origins of the Second World War". It was published in 1961 and used the newly released records from that time. The book is controversial because it lays bare just how much of the blame for the tragedy that followed should be spread…
on “The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes, 1919” ↗I know, thanks, they're great. Recently I've seen quite a few. Only several days ago I watched for the first time in many decades the program about A.J.P. Taylor and his controversial 1961 book The Origins of The Second World War (which, incidentally I have a copy of). You're right, we really need to spread the word at every opportunity.
on “New evidence that British workplaces are losing viewpoint diversity” ↗…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Struggle_for_Mastery_in_Eu.... Later, in 1961, Taylor augments this earlier history with his equally famous and controversial book (as you'll note from the link): The Origins of the Second World War, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Origins_of_the_Second_Worl.... (The fact that Taylor's account is controversial is testament to the fact that there is still considerable disagreement over the origins…
on “Love Is Dead: Newly discovered letters and the royal murder-suicide at Mayerling” ↗…forces to support defense needs. This process was costly, as it involved both industrial reconversion and large government expenditures on armaments and military infrastructure. - **Source:** In **"The Origins of the Second World War"** by A.J.P. Taylor, the author explains how economic mobilization efforts, such as retooling factories and increasing military production, were undertaken by major powers well before war broke out. The…
on “Top NATO official calls on business leaders to prepare for 'wartime scenario'” ↗…British and French, and fearing an Anglo-French design of involving them in a war with Germany which they would have to fight alone, the Soviets turned to a deal with Hitler." "The Soviet Union and the Origins of the Second World War" Russo-German Relations and the Road to War, 1933-1941 Geoffrey Roberts https://api.pageplace.de/preview/DT0400.9781349241248_A35684...
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