Priscilla Roberts, PhD, is associate professor of history at the University of Hong Kong. Her published works include The Cold War; Window on the Forbidden City: The Beijing Diaries of David Bruce, 1973–1974; and Behind the Bamboo Curtain: China, Vietnam, and the World Beyond Asia.

• Overview of World War IICauses of World War IIConsequences of World War IIA–Z entriesPrimary Source DocumentsAppendix: Historical Dilemmas in World War IIChronologyBibliographyIndexAbout the EditorList of Contributors

As a quick reference with solid overviews of the war's major battles and campaigns (including the Holocaust), its major combatants' military organizations, and political and military leaders of central importance, this volume does an admirable job. . . . For general readers and undergraduates, this is a useful source.

Priscilla Roberts, PhD, is associate professor of history at the University of Hong Kong. Her published works include The Cold War; Window on the Forbidden City: The Beijing Diaries of David Bruce, 1973–1974; and Behind the Bamboo Curtain: China, Vietnam, and the World Beyond Asia.

• Overview of World War IICauses of World War IIConsequences of World War IIA–Z entriesPrimary Source DocumentsAppendix: Historical Dilemmas in World War IIChronologyBibliographyIndexAbout the EditorList of Contributors

As a quick reference with solid overviews of the war's major battles and campaigns (including the Holocaust), its major combatants' military organizations, and political and military leaders of central importance, this volume does an admirable job. . . . For general readers and undergraduates, this is a useful source.

Priscilla Roberts, PhD, is associate professor of history at the University of Hong Kong. Her published works include The Cold War; Window on the Forbidden City: The Beijing Diaries of David Bruce, 1973–1974; and Behind the Bamboo Curtain: China, Vietnam, and the World Beyond Asia.

• Overview of World War IICauses of World War IIConsequences of World War IIA–Z entriesPrimary Source DocumentsAppendix: Historical Dilemmas in World War IIChronologyBibliographyIndexAbout the EditorList of Contributors

As a quick reference with solid overviews of the war's major battles and campaigns (including the Holocaust), its major combatants' military organizations, and political and military leaders of central importance, this volume does an admirable job. . . . For general readers and undergraduates, this is a useful source.