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Title: Struggle for Survival: The History of the Second World War by Robert Alexander Clarke Parker, Robert Alexander Clark Parker ISBN: 0-19-289112-X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: March, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95

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Rating: 5
Summary: Concise But Complete
Comment: "Struggle For Survival" by R.A.C. Parker, Sub-titled, " The History Of the Second World War". Oxford University Press, 1990.

This is a small book (only 328 pages) and is therefore easy to handle. But, even though small, Parker's book covers all the important subjects of the Second World War. The chapters are arranged more or less chronologically, ranging from Chamberlain's pre-war "appeasement" to a final assessment chapter entitled, "Casualties, Crisis and Change". Although the author is a Fellow of Modern History at Queen's College, Oxford, he states , up front, that he has "... tried to escape any British prejudices in considering the conduct of the allies". (Page v.) In my opinion, Parker has done a pretty good job of stating the facts and NOT taking British, American, French , German, etc. side in any argument. He has included a chapter on strategic bombing, and, interesting, it appears that he believes strategic bombing did NOT work in German occupied Europe, but that bombing did work against the Empire of Japan. Chapter 14 deals with the defeat of Japan and the use of the atomic bomb. Chapter 17 deals with the "Murder of European Jews" and the theme of unnecessary and unrequited killing is finished in Chapter 18, "Casualties, Crisis and Change".

I used this book as quick but complete reference in a World War II course I was taking at Bridgewater State College, when I was working on my MA in History.