World War Two

<p><b>A pacy compelling and penetrating account - from the great Norman Stone</b><br><br><i>'The best short primer on the war in twenty years'</i> Andrew Roberts<br><br>Norman Stone's gripping book tells the narrative of the Second World War in as brief a compass as possible making a sometimes familiar story utterly fresh and arresting. As with his highly acclaimed <i>World War One: A Short History</i> there is a compelling sense of a terrible story unfolding of a sceptical and humorous intelligence at work and a wish to convey to an audience who may well have no memory of the conflict just how high the stakes were.</p>