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==Further reading==
 
==Further reading==
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==Bibliography==
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for more detailed guide see [[Bibliography of World War II]]
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* Dear, I. C. B. and M. R. D. Foot, eds. ''Oxford Companion to World War II'' (in Britain titled ''Oxford Companion to the Second World War'' (2005; 2nd ed. 2009). the best reference book; [http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Companion-World-War-II/dp/019280670X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236549909&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
 
* Dear, I. C. B. and M. R. D. Foot, eds. ''Oxford Companion to World War II'' (in Britain titled ''Oxford Companion to the Second World War'' (2005; 2nd ed. 2009). the best reference book; [http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Companion-World-War-II/dp/019280670X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236549909&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
 
* ''Times Atlas of the Second World War'' (1995)
 
* ''Times Atlas of the Second World War'' (1995)
 
* Weinberg, Gerhard L.  ''A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II'', (1994) the best overall view of the war.
 
* Weinberg, Gerhard L.  ''A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II'', (1994) the best overall view of the war.
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===Europe===
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===Origins===
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*  Bell, P. M. H.  ''The Origins of the Second World War in Europe.'' (1986). 326 pp. 
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* Boyce, Robert, and Joseph A. Maiolo. ''The Origins of World War Two: The Debate Continues'' (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/Origins-World-War-Two-Continues/dp/0333945395/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195791097&sr=1-4 excerpt and text search]
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* Deist, Wilhelm et al., ed.  ''Germany and the Second World War. Vol. 1: The Build-up of German Aggression.'' (1991). 799 pp., official German history
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*  Eubank, Keith. ''The Origins of World War II'' (2004), short survey
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* Finney, Patrick. ''The Origins of the Second World War'' (1998), 480pp
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* Hildebrand, Klaus. ''The Foreign Policy of the Third Reich'', (1973).
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* Lamb, Margaret and Tarling, Nicholas.  ''From Versailles to Pearl Harbor: The Origins of the Second World War in Europe and Asia.'' (2001). 238 pp. 
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* Langer and Gleason
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* Lukes, Igor. ''The Munich Crisis, 1938: Prelude to World War II'' (1999), 416pp [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0714680567/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-4827826-5463040#reader-link excerpt and text search]
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* Mallett, Robert. ''Mussolini and the Origins of the Second World War, 1933 - 1940'' (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/Mussolini-Origins-Second-World-1933/dp/0333748158/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195791097&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]
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* Overy, Richard and Wheatcroft, Andrew.  ''The Road to War.'' (1990). 364 pp. 
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*Overy, Richard and Timothy Mason, "Debate: Germany, “Domestic Crisis” and War in 1939"  ''Past and Present'', Number 122, February 1989. pages 200-240
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* Prazmowska, Anita J.  ''Eastern Europe and the Origins of the Second World War.'' (2000). 278 pp. 
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* Record, Jeffrey. ''The Specter of Munich: Reconsidering the Lessons of Appeasing Hitler'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Specter-Munich-Reconsidering-Lessons-Appeasing/dp/1597970395/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195791247&sr=1-19 excerpt and text search] 
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* Watt, Donald Cameron ''How War Came: The Immediate Origins of the Second World War, 1938-1939'', (1989), the mnajor survey ISBN 0-394-57916-X.
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*Weinberg, Gerhard L. ''Foreign Policy of Hitler's Germany: Starting World War II, 1937-1939'', 1980.
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* Young, Robert ''France and the Origins of the Second World War'', (1996) ISBN 0-312-16185-9.
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===Pacific===
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* Barnhart, Michael A. ''Japan Prepares for Total War: The Search for Economic Security, 1919–1941'' (1987)
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* Bix, Herbert. ''Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan'' (2000), based on Japanese left-wing interpretations
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* Butow, Robert J. C. ''Tojo and the Coming of the War'' (1961)
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* Dallek, Robert. ''Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932-1945'' (1995).
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* Feis, Herbert. ''The Road to Pearl Harbor: The coming of the war between the United States and Japan.'' classic history by senior American official.
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*  Horne, Gerald.  ''Race War! White Supremacy and the Japanese Attack on the British Empire.'' (2003). 432 pp. 
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* Kawamura, Noriko. "Emperor Hirohito and Japan's Decision to Go to War with the United States: Reexamined" ''Diplomatic History''  (2007)  31 (1), 51–79. [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-7709.2007.00591.x online at Blackwell-Synergy]]
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* Langer and Gleason
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* Sun, Youli.  ''China and the Origins of the Pacific War, 1931-1941.'' (1993). 244 pp. 
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* Tarling, Nicholas.  ''Britain, Southeast Asia and the Onset of the Pacific War.'' (1996). 434 pp. 
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* Thorne, Christopher G. ''The Issue of War: States, Societies, and the Coming of the Far Eastern Conflict of 1941-1945'' (1985) sophisticated analysis of each major power.
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* Tohmatsu, Haruo and H. P. Willmott. ''A Gathering Darkness: The Coming of War to the Far East and the Pacific'' (2004), short overview.
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*  Utley, Jonathan G. ''Going to War with Japan, 1937–1941'' (1985)
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* Wetzler, Peter. ''Hirohito and War: Imperial Tradition and Military Decision Making in Prewar Japan'' (1998), chaps. 2, 3;
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* Yomiuri Shimbun. ''Who Was Responsible? From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor'' (2007)
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ISBN 4643060123 [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fb20070311a1.html review]
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==References==
 
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