内容简介
Aclear-eyedreappraisalofWorldWarIIthatoffersnewinsightbyreevaluatingwell-establishedfactsandpointingoutlesser-knownones,NoSimpleVictoryasksreaderstoreconsiderwhattheyknowaboutthewar,andhowthatknowledgemightbebiasedorincorrect.NormanDaviesposessimplequestionsthathaveunexpectedanswers:Canyounamethefivebiggestbattlesofthewar?Whatwerethemainpoliticalideologiesthatwerecontendingforsupremacy?Theanswerstothesequestionswillsurpriseeventhosewhofeelthattheyareexpertsonthesubject.DavieshasestablishedhimselfasapreeminentscholarofWorldWarII.NoSimpleVictoryisaninvaluablecontributiontotwentieth-centuryhistoryandanilluminatingportraitofaconflictthatcontinuestoprovokedebate.