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100 1 a| Chamberlin, Paul Thomas,e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjtjXJymqWMHKbM9k7JvH3=| ^A1139743;

245 10 a| Scorched earth :b| a global history of World War II /c| Paul Thomas Chamberlin.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York, NY :b| Basic Books,c| 2025.;

300 a| ix, 638 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-621) and index.;

520 a| "In popular memory, the Second World War was an unalloyed victory for freedom over totalitarianism, marking the demise of the age of empires and the triumph of an American-led democratic order. In Scorched Earth, historian Paul Thomas Chamberlin dispatches the myth of World War II as a good war. Instead, he depicts the conflict as it truly was: a massive battle beset by vicious racial atrocities, fought between rival empires across huge stretches of Asia and Europe. The war was sparked by German and Japanese invasions that threatened the old powers' dominance, not by Allied opposition to fascism. The Allies achieved victory not through pluck and democratic idealism but through savage firebombing raids on civilian targets and the slaughter of millions of Soviet soldiers. The Soviet Union and the United States emerged as hyper-militarized new imperial powers, each laying claim to former Axis holdings across the globe before turning on one another and triggering a forever war. Dramatically rendered and persuasively argued, Scorched Earth shows that World War II was the culmination of centuries of colonial violence and ushered in a new era of imperial struggle"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Scorched earth : a global history of World War II / Paul Thomas Chamberlin.

Author/creator	Chamberlin, Paul Thomas author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York, NY : Basic Books, 2025.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	ix, 638 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects	World War, 1939-1945. Imperialism--History. --20th century.

Abstract	"In popular memory, the Second World War was an unalloyed victory for freedom over totalitarianism, marking the demise of the age of empires and the triumph of an American-led democratic order. In Scorched Earth, historian Paul Thomas Chamberlin dispatches the myth of World War II as a good war. Instead, he depicts the conflict as it truly was: a massive battle beset by vicious racial atrocities, fought between rival empires across huge stretches of Asia and Europe. The war was sparked by German and Japanese invasions that threatened the old powers' dominance, not by Allied opposition to fascism. The Allies achieved victory not through pluck and democratic idealism but through savage firebombing raids on civilian targets and the slaughter of millions of Soviet soldiers. The Soviet Union and the United States emerged as hyper-militarized new imperial powers, each laying claim to former Axis holdings across the globe before turning on one another and triggering a forever war. Dramatically rendered and persuasively argued, Scorched Earth shows that World War II was the culmination of centuries of colonial violence and ushered in a new era of imperial struggle"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-621) and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Chamberlin, Paul Thomas. Scorched earth First edition. New York : Basic Books, 2025 9781541619289
LCCN	2024035650
ISBN	9781541619265
ISBN	1541619269 hardcover
ISBN	electronic book

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