The Origins of the Second World War

Professor A J P Taylor

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Penguin Books Ltd
31 October 1991

History; European history; Second World War

One of the most popular and controversial historians of the twentieth century, who made his subject accessible to millions, A.J.P. Taylor caused a storm of outrage with this scandalous bestseller. Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, he argued provocatively that Hitler did not set out to cause the war as part of an evil master plan, but blundered into it partly by accident, aided by the shortcomings of others. Fiercely attacked for vindicating Hitler, A.J.P. Taylor's stringent re-examination of the events preceding the Nazi invasion of Poland on 1st

September 1939 opened up new debate, and is now recognized as a brilliant and classic piece of scholarly research.

'Highly original and penetrating ... No one who has digested this enthralling work will ever be able to look at the period again in quite the same way' Sunday Telegraph.

By: Professor A J P Taylor
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 270g
ISBN: 9780140136722
ISBN 10: 014013672X
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 31 October 1991
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

A.J.P. Taylor (1906-1990) was one of the most controversial historians of the twentieth century. He served as a lecturer at the Universities of Manchester, Oxford, and London.

Reviews for The Origins of the Second World War

Highly original and penetrating ... No one who has digested this enthralling work will ever be able to look at the period again in quite the same way * Sunday Telegraph * An almost faultless masterpiece * Observer * No historian of the past century has been more accessible -- Niall Ferguson * Sunday Telegraph * Taylor was a lifelong dissenter ... at his best - as in The Origins of the Second World War ... he shifted the gorund of major debates -- Ben Pimlott * Financial Times * A dazzling exercise in revisionism which summed up Taylor's paradoxical, provocative and inventive approach to history * The Times * Taylor's most perfect work of art, a miracle of proportion, language and insight * Robert Skidelsky *