Dr Michael Lynch is an Honorary Fellow in the School of History, Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester. His specialist areas of interest include modern European and Asian history. His previous publications include China 1839–1997 (Hodder, 2016) and Mao (Routledge, 2017), among many others. He is a bestselling author on Hodder’s Access to History series as well as an editor on the series as a whole.

• IntroductionChronologyBackground to warWarring sidesThe fightingPortrait of a soldierThe world around warPortrait of a civilianHow the war endedConclusion and consequencesFurther reading

what handy little primers they can be in understanding the broader political, economic, social and military backgrounds to a conflict.

Dr Michael Lynch is an Honorary Fellow in the School of History, Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester. His specialist areas of interest include modern European and Asian history. His previous publications include China 1839–1997 (Hodder, 2016) and Mao (Routledge, 2017), among many others. He is a bestselling author on Hodder’s Access to History series as well as an editor on the series as a whole.

• IntroductionChronologyBackground to warWarring sidesThe fightingPortrait of a soldierThe world around warPortrait of a civilianHow the war endedConclusion and consequencesFurther reading

what handy little primers they can be in understanding the broader political, economic, social and military backgrounds to a conflict.

Dr Michael Lynch is an Honorary Fellow in the School of History, Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester. His specialist areas of interest include modern European and Asian history. His previous publications include China 1839–1997 (Hodder, 2016) and Mao (Routledge, 2017), among many others. He is a bestselling author on Hodder’s Access to History series as well as an editor on the series as a whole.

• IntroductionChronologyBackground to warWarring sidesThe fightingPortrait of a soldierThe world around warPortrait of a civilianHow the war endedConclusion and consequencesFurther reading

what handy little primers they can be in understanding the broader political, economic, social and military backgrounds to a conflict.