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The War for the Seas: A Maritime History of World War II

byEvan Mawdsley

The War for the Seas is Evan Mawdsley's historical account of a Maritime History of World War II. The book builds its explanation through key episodes, competing interests, and the setting supplied by the wider field of history. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. Readers finish with a sharper understanding of the subject and why its consequences still deserve attention. Historical context and individual experience remain equally important to the book's explanation.

Publisher

Yale University Press

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

632

ISBN

9780300254884