{"product_id":"blood-and-ruins-isbn-9780143132936","title":"Blood and Ruins","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Monumental… [A] vast and detailed study that is surely the finest single-volume history of World War II. Richard Overy has given us a powerful reminder of the horror of war and the threat posed by dictators with dreams of empire.” – \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA thought-provoking and original reassessment of World War II, from Britain’s leading military historian\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Overy sets out in \u003ci\u003eBlood and Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e to recast the way in which we view the Second World War and its origins and aftermath. As one of Britain’s most decorated and respected World War II historians, he argues that this was the “last imperial war,” with almost a century-long lead-up of global imperial expansion, which reached its peak in the territorial ambitions of Italy, Germany and Japan in the 1930s and early 1940s, before descending into the largest and costliest war in human history and the end, after 1945, of all territorial empires.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOvery also argues for a more global perspective on the war, one that looks broader than the typical focus on military conflict between the Allied and Axis states. Above all, Overy explains the bitter cost for those involved in fighting, and the exceptional level of crime and atrocity that marked the war and its protracted aftermath—which extended far beyond 1945.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBlood and Ruins is a masterpiece, a new and definitive look at the ultimate struggle over the future of the global order, which will compel us to view the war in novel and unfamiliar ways. Thought-provoking, original and challenging, Blood and Ruins sets out to understand the war anew.\"[A] stupendous achievement..\u003ci\u003e.Blood and Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e dissects the sinews of war with the sharpest of scalpels…it is history at its best, down to the finest points.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBlood and Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e is a monumental work; it is hard to imagine that a more comprehensive study of World War II could possibly be contained between two covers. Richard Overy has given us a powerful reminder of the horror of war and the threat posed by dictators with dreams of empire.\" -- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“The Pacific clash over colonies reveals a greater truth about the Second World War…\u003ci\u003eBlood and Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e…refuses to treat the Pacific as ‘an appendix,’ as histories often do. Rather, it sees World War II as a truly ‘global event.’”\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Startling yet persuasive...brilliant.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Kirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Astute and incisive. WWII buffs should consider this a must-read\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the great historians of the Second World War.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Probably the most important book published on the history of the second world war this century.\"--\u003cb\u003eRichard J. Evans, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eThe Bombing War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"Tremendous ... a masterpiece of the historian’s art.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eThe Bombing War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"A superb work, comprehensive and written with rare fire and intelligence.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eThe Dictators\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"Stimulating and enjoyable … essential reading.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eThe Road to War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"This book is [Overy’s] magnum opus (in every sense of the phrase).\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRichard Overy is Professor of History at the University of Exeter and one of Britain's most distinguished historians and an internationally renowned scholar of World War II. He is the recipient of the Hessell-Tiltman Prize, the Wolfson History Prize, the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize and is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Historical Society. His many works include \u003ci\u003eThe Bombing War, Dictators\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Morbid Age\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301996384485,"sku":"NP9780143132936","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143132936.jpg?v=1767722788","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/blood-and-ruins-isbn-9780143132936","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}