{"product_id":"scorched-earth-a-global-history-of-world-war-ii-hardcover","title":"Scorched Earth: A Global History of World War II - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Thomas Chamberlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unsparing, \"sweeping,\" and \"vivid\" (Drew Gilpin Faust, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Republic of Suffering\u003c\/i\u003e) new history of World War II, recasting the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eScorched Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 new forever war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dramatically rendered and persuasively argued, \u003ci\u003eScorched Earth\u003c\/i\u003e shows that World War II marked the culmination of centuries of colonial violence and ushered in a new era of imperial struggle.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Thomas Chamberlin\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor in history at Columbia University. The author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cold War's Killing Fields\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Global Offensive\u003c\/i\u003e, his writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 656\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.1 x 9.4 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978245931309,"sku":"9781541619265","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/AAetDfVLqn9781541619265.webp?v=1775801243","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/scorched-earth-a-global-history-of-world-war-ii-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}