Why Germany Nearly Won: A New History of the Second World War in Europe - Tapa blanda

Steven Mercatante makes a new and compelling case regarding how Nazi Germany lost the war. Written with verve, this book is a page-turner for anyone interested in how the Second World War unfolded. * The Historian * A thought-provoking book . . . [that] counter[s] widespread arguments that brute force was the main reason for success in World War II. . . . [Mercatante's] case deserves to be heard. * World War II Magazine * Recommended all levels/libraries . . . challenges conventional wisdom about Allied success in Europe...an impressive operational overview. . . . Mercatante sees Operation Barbarossa as a turning point, nearly leading to Hitler's hegemony in Europe. * CHOICE * Worth reading . . . much sound analysis . . . Mercatante . . . knows that the devil is in the details. To his credit, even those familiar with World War II scholarship will find here analyses of economic and technological matters that historians have often glossed over or mentioned only in passing. * Michigan War Studies Review * Steven Mercatante makes a new and compelling case regarding how Nazi Germany lost the war. Written with verve, this book is a page-turner for anyone interested in how the Second World War unfolded. The Historian A thought-provoking book ... [that] counter[s] widespread arguments that brute force was the main reason for success in World War II... [Mercatante's] case deserves to be heard. World War II Magazine Recommended all levels/libraries ... challenges conventional wisdom about Allied success in Europe...an impressive operational overview... Mercatante sees Operation Barbarossa as a turning point, nearly leading to Hitler's hegemony in Europe. CHOICE Worth reading ... much sound analysis ... Mercatante ... knows that the devil is in the details. To his credit, even those familiar with World War II scholarship will find here analyses of economic and technological matters that historians have often glossed over or mentioned only in passing. Michigan War Studies Review

Why Germany Nearly Won challenges today's conventional wisdom, which explains Germany's Second World War defeat as inevitable primarily for reasons of Allied economic or military brute force created when Germany attacked the Soviet Union. Taking an entirely new perspective on explaining the Second World War in Europe, and its outcome, at its core Why Germany Nearly Won offers the reader three interrelated, unique, and potentially ground-breaking arguments. First, qualitative differences between the combatants proved more important in determining the war's outcome than have the quantitative brute force measures so commonly discussed in the past. Second, attacking the Soviet Union represented Germany's best opportunity to win a war that according to commonly cited measures of military potential, should have been completely out of Germany's reach. Third, for reasons frequently overlooked and misunderstood Germany came far closer to winning the war than has previously been recognized.