Offering Readers Much More Than A Military History, This Unparalleled Collection Of 58 State-of-the-field Historiographic Essays Explores The Widely Varying Contexts In Which Nations And Transnational Communities Experienced World War Ii. In Doing So, It Provides Insight Into How The War Linked Nations, Systems, And Cultures, And Sets The Agenda For Future Research. A Companion To World War Ii Introduces Readers To The Myriad Factors Influencing The War's Developments, Examining The Various Theatres Of Operation, The Diplomacy, Economics, Intelligence, And Home Front Experiences Of A Host Of Nations Including Major Neutrals. The Essays Include Topics As Diverse As American Anti-semitism, Women In Wartime, French African Soldiers, Internal Resistance In Nazi Germany, The War's Impact On The Struggle For Independence In India, And Postwar Planning, Among Others. The Collection Identifies Scholarly And Official Debates - In The English-speaking Community As Well As In Other Languages - About The Course Of The War Through Historiographic Analysis By Established And Emerging Experts In Their Fields. It Represents A Major New Contribution To The Academic Literature On An Event Of Unparalleled Centrality In World History.--jacket. Vol. 1. How A Second World War Happened / Gerhard L. Weinberg -- The Versailles Peace Settlement And The Collective Security System / FrΓ©dΓ©ric Dessberg -- The Great Depression / John E. Moser -- Colonialism In Asia / Christopher D. O'sullivan -- Visionaries Of Expansion / R.j.b. Bosworth -- Soviet Planning For War, 1928-june 1941 / Alexander Hill -- Japanese Early Attack / Brian P. Farrell -- War And Empire: The Transformation Of Southern Asia / Gary R. Hess -- Cbi: A Historiographical Review / Maochun Yu -- The German Assault, 1939-1941 / Robert M. Citino -- Militaries Compared: Wehrmacht And Red Army, 1941-1945 / Mark Edele -- The Bombers: The Strategic Bombing Of Germany And Japan / Randall Wakelam -- Scandinavian Campaigns / Olli VehvilΓ€inen -- The Naval War In The Mediterranean / Barbara Brooks Tomblin -- Ocean War / Ashley Jackson -- Maritime War: Combat, Management, And Memory / Kevin Smith -- The Middle East And World War Ii / Simon Davis --^ The Western Front, 1944-1945 / Christopher R. Gabel -- Battle Fronts And Home Fronts: The War In The East From Stalingrad To Berlin / Kenneth Slepyan -- German Defeat / Neil Gregor -- Southwest Pacific / Mark Roehrs -- The Military Occupations Of World War Ii: A Historiography / Nicholas Evan Sarantakes -- Ending The Pacific War: The New History / Richard B. Frank -- Axis Coalition Building / Richard L. Dinardo -- Strategies, Commands, And Tactics, 1939-1941 / Talbot C. Imlay -- British And American Strategic Planning / Earl J. Catagnus, Jr. -- Wartime Conferences / Mark A. Stoler -- The Us War Against Japan: A Transnational Perspective / Akira Iriye -- World War Ii And Communication Technologies / James Schwoch -- Of Spies And Stratagems / John Prados -- French African Soldiers In World War Ii / Raffael Scheck -- Scientists And Nuclear Weapons In World War Ii: The Background, The Experience, And The Sometimes Contested Meanings And Analyses / Barton J. Bernstein --^ Civilians In The Combat Zone: Anglo-american Strategic Bombing / Sean L. Malloy -- Vol. 2. European Societies In Wartime / Isabelle Davion -- Life In Plato's Cave: Neutral Europe In World War Ii / Neville Wylie -- Resistance In Eastern Europe / Stephan Lehnstaedt -- Boomerang Resistance: German ΓmigrΓ©s In The Us Army During World War Ii / Patricia Kollander -- Beyond Impact: Toward A New Historiography Of Africa And World War Ii / Judith A. Byfield -- Race, Genocide, And Holocaust / Jochen BΓΆhler -- Holocaust And Genocide Today / Yehuda Bauer -- Environmental Dimensions Of World War Ii / Jacob Darwin Hamblin -- The Women Of World War Ii / D'ann Campbell -- Transnational Civil Rights During World War Ii / Travis J. Hardy -- Global Culture And World War Ii / M. Todd Bennett -- The Balkans In The Origins Of World War Ii / Marietta Stankova -- Poland's Military In World War Ii / Michael Alfred Peszke -- Resistance Inside Nazi Germany / Frank Mcdonough -- Occupied France: The Vichy Regime, Collaboration, And Resistance / Julian Jackson -- The Italian Campaign / Elena Agarossi -- Us Foreign Policy, The Grand Alliance, And The Struggle For Indian Independence During The Pacific War / Sarah Ellen Graham -- P Was For Plenty / William H. Miller -- Generating American Combat Power In World War Ii / Edward G. Miller -- American Anti-semitism During World War Ii / Stephen H. Norwood -- War Crimes In Europe / Christoph J.m. Safferling -- Anglo-american Postwar Planning / Charlie Whitham -- The Cultural Legacy Of World War Ii In Germany / Susanne Vees-gulani -- World War Ii In Historical Memory / Marc Gallicchio -- The Place Of World War Ii In Global History / Gerhard L. Weinberg. Edited By Thomas W. Zeiler, With Daniel M. Dubois. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.