This book provides a much needed accessible introduction to this key topic for students of the twentieth century.

• An ideal introduction to the events and historiography surrounding this key subject
• Sets the origins of WWII in both its European and Pacific contexts, and within 150 years of world history
• First volume in a new series covering major themes and events of the contemporary world

Andrew Crozier is Jean Monnet Lecturer in the History of Contemporary Europe at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. His previous work includes Appeasement and Germany's Last Bid for Colonies (Macmillan, 1988).