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A stunning visual account of the greatest conflict in world history.
The Second World War is the largest event in the history of mankind. No populated continent was untouched by its operations, and the political structure of the postwar world has been largely determined by its outcome. The global nature of the war, and the ambitions of the belligerents, meant that it was fought on a scale that, even today, confounds the imagination. It was a stimulus to unparalleled economic activity and provoked the most important clash of ideologies experienced by the world since the Crusades.
The Collins Atlas of World War II furthers our understanding of the war that forever changed our world. The scale and scope of the war is examined here in graphic form, with maps that trace the military campaigns as well as the social and political developments. Authoritative text addresses the issues and events leading to war and all of the clashes and challenges during wartime.
- More than 125 full-color maps, diagrams, and timelines
- Edited by acclaimed military historian John Keegan
- Comprehensive coverage of the prewar world and the world at war
- Examination of military plans and key battles
- Internet links for further research
- Glossary and Index
For anyone with an interest in the history, society, politics, warfare, and culture of the world, the Collins Atlas of World War II is a perfect companion.
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Excellent but at times Skewed Resource.......2007-10-09
This is a generally excellent reference source. It contains clear, comprehensive, and well-drawn maps on a variety of issues relating to World War II, including for example, shifting political boundaries and allegiances, as well as battles. The troop formations and movements for major battles are very well done. All charts, tables, and maps are in color for further clarity. The text itself (each mini-topic is given a two-page treatment) is also very well-written.
But a shortcoming to the book is its slant on references to certain activities involving the Soviet Union at the outset of World War II (and beyond). For example, the Soviet Union's invasion of Poland in September 1939 is politely described as an "intervention," suggesting that the Poles somehow needed to be invaded by the Soviet Union to protect themselves. In addition, after the Soviet Union invades Finland and Finland reaches a temporary accord with Germany to protect itself against the Soviet Union, Finland is categorized as an "Axis" power. Furthermore, the Soviet Union's takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania is described as a peaceful process whereby, after the Soviet Union established a military "presence" in these countries, they were annexed to the Soviet Union. (The book does disclose, however, the little-known fact that the Soviet Union, after its mutual non-aggression pact with Germany, "annexed" the province of Bessarabia and portions of the province of Bukovina from Romania.) Further, the book discloses that the Soviet Union took 3 million German soldiers prisoner and says they may not have been treated well but gives no indication whatsoever on how many died (even the Soviet Union's capture of approximately 250,000 members of the German Sixth Army, of whom it is generally estimated 90-95% died in captivity, does not merit a mention). Yet the book does mention the Soviet capture of 600,000 Japanese soldiers as prisoners of war, then mentions that 10% of them died in Soviet captivity, purposely implying that the death toll among German PWs was the same rate when it fact it was several times higher. Finally, the Katyn forest massacre is included in the index but there is no actual discussion of the event in the book.
The point of this seeming digression is that book should only be viewed as a starting point for the topics it discusses, not a comprehensive treatment.
The book is divided into five parts: (1) "The Prewar World"; (2) "The Axis Advances"; (3) "Turning the Axis Tide"; (4) "Allied Offensives"; and (5) "Allies Victorious". There are no photos other than an introductory one for each part. As noted, there is an index. The index does not include any persons, places, or things mentioned in the many maps and tables in the book. I.e., if an American general is mentioned in the text on one page and a map on another, the index only includes the textual reference.
Handy Home Reference Tool.......2007-02-21
This booklet serves its purpose nicely. It is rather compact, and it includes a comprehensive index in the back. The book covers so many aspects of WWII; from "The Prewar World" to the Allied victory, including overall statistics leading up to and following the war.
The Atlas of WWII is a nice tool to have on hand while reading other WWII books. I usally pull it out to look at a detailed map that other WWII books usually lack. The only shortcoming of this book, in my opinion, is the small size of the print and maps. I commend it to WWII students.
Good little ol' atlas.......2006-11-10
The Collins Atlas of World War II is by no means comprehensive -- but it's not meant to be. What it is and what it does very well, is give an overviews of battles and situtations from the war. It does this with a ton of full-color maps, supported by text and charts. The maps, to be sure, are somewhat small -- but the book is small. It atlas offers itself as a well-illustrated overview, and it more than keeps the promise. The price is extremely enticing.
Coherent and attractive.......2006-10-02
I chose to purchase this Atlas on account of its author, John Keegan. The Atlas is presented in an an attractive format. Each page contains a description of the battle/era alongside a map portraying the relevant events. The maps are clear, colorful and diverse. Map topics range from political developments (pre-war), strategic military events and tactical battle views, down to the battalion level. Of particular interest I found the Stalingrad map, which clearly displays the city's various districts through an isometric view. It's the first map I saw of its kind, and provides excellent understanding of a battle conducted in urban terrain. On the downside, the pages are too small for my taste, degrading the level of detail in the maps. Additionally, while ideally covered in conventional Atlases, I believe that this Atlas should have provided a geographical survey of the battlefields, describing the topography, demography, climate and land-type. It would have saved me the need of consulting another atlas. All in all, an excellent buy, and an interesting read on its own, although mainly suitable as a companion to other WWII literature.
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A brand-new history of the world's principal military developments and campaigns, from the Greeks and Romans to the Vietnam War and beyond, illustrated with state-of-the-art mapping.
From the dawn of the very first civilizations, people have fought for the control of resources and territory. The Collins Atlas of Military History takes a look at all the military advancements that have made these struggles ever more lethal and at the major military battles throughout the ages. From the Egyptians and Hittites at the Battle of Kadesh to the recent wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and the Gulf, the most innovative military tactics, new weaponry, key commanders, and decisive battles are all discussed and analyzed in one comprehensive volume.
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The First Military Empires: Egyptians and Hittites to the later Roman Empire
War in the Middle Ages, 400-1500
The Military Renaissance, 1500-1650
Warfare Under the Ancient Regime, 1650-1785
The Age of Revolution, 1792-1815
The Dawn of Modern Warfare, 1815-1905
The First World War, 1914-1918
Total Warfare: The Russian Revolution to War in the Pacific
The End of "Modern" War, 1946-2003
For anyone with an interest in military history and the politics, society, and culture of the world, the Collins Atlas of Military History is a perfect companion.
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EXCELLENT CAMPAIGN MAPS.......2004-03-18
This atlas, edited by John Keegan, is an excellent companion when reading books on battles and campaigns waged during the Second World War, primarily because of the excellent map coverage with maps that are large, comprehensive, and easy to read. Along with the numerous maps, the editor includes a synopsis of events related to each map in question. The editor also includes a chronology of events of the war which helps keep events in proper chronological perspective for the reader. In addition to covering military action, the editor provides related ancillary information such as information on signal intelligence, human intelligence as well as economic and historical information related to causes and effects of the war. The editor is to be commended for producing a five star product. I wish only I had the atlas on hand when I was reading books on Guadalcanal, New Guinea, and other Pacific islands since the maps in the atlas give the reader a very clear perspective of the area in question. Five stars!
Atlas is Terrific.......2003-07-10
I bought my copy in Border's Books and Music JUST RECENTLY on sale ...and our family has used it for reference. If AlexM from MI sees this comment, Borders had stacks of them and going fast. I, too, think this is a very good Atlas especially for anyone reading history.
Collins has also published other great Atlas' on the "Bible" and one called "Past World", which I also bought [it] from Borders. After researching on Amazon, I noticed they had quite a few from Collins on various topics at very good prices. ...
Atlas of the Second World War.......2003-01-12
I do not know if what I am about to say is a "review" since I am not a historian but I loved this book so much that I used to read it and look at the pictures at times a few times a week. It is comprehensive, very patriotic and informative; it gives an excellent perspective of the events of that time.
I gave my own copy as a gift to my son-in-law who is a professional military man and soon I realized that I wanted to have one for myself. Unfortunately it is out of print. Too bad.
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Negotiators of Change is one of the most original and innovative volumes to explore the terrain of Native American women's history. The essays included span the period between the seventeenth century and the present, focusing on the significance of gender in Native American and Euro-American interactions. The contributors present new historical sources, methods and interpretations that enhance our understanding of Indian women's reactions to the changes introduced by Euro-American contact and conquest.
Negotiators of Change covers the history of ten tribal groups including the Cherokee, Iroquois and Navajo as well as tribes with less known histories such as the Yakima, Ute, and Pima-Maricopa. The book contests the idea that European colonization let to a loss of Native American women's power, and instead presents a more complex picture of the zdaptation to, and subversion of the economic changes introduced by Europeans. The essays also discuss the changing meanings of motherhood, women'sroles, and differing gender ideologies within this context.
Contributors: Helen M. Bannan, Kathleen Brown, Paivi Hoikkala, Harry A. Kersey, Jr., Clara Sue Kidwell, Lucy Murphy, Katherine M.B. Osburn, Theda Perdue, Nancy Shoemaker, Carol Sparks, Clifford E. Trafzer
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A very good introduction to recent scholarship.......1999-08-24
A very good introduction to the most recent scholarship on Native American women. I have used this collection in a variety of classes and students have responded positively to the essays. It is stronger in the pre-twentieth century period and the essays are more theorectical than empirical.
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The origin of life. The beginning and end of the universe. The workings of the brain. These are the big questions, the ones scientists and nonscientists alike love to ponder and that give deeper meaning to our quest for knowledge. John Maddox, former longtime editor of Nature, has endeavored to outline our progress, and, more importantly, our goals in these and other fields of study.
What Remains to Be Discovered details the past, present, and possible future of science in three sections: "Matter," "Life," and "Our World." The author's broad, multidisciplinary grasp of science is apparent as he guides us effortlessly through the work of scientists from ancient times to the present. Having first shown us an up-to-date map of scientific knowledge, he then emphasizes the large blank spaces still remaining and suggests where explorers might best continue their efforts.
From natural selection to the luminiferous ether, each question answered has provoked many, often more difficult, challenges for a new generation of researchers. Maddox hints at what our future textbooks will say, but is also careful to remind us that the history of science is full of surprises. We'll do well to remember that as we enter the 21st century. --Rob Lightner
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What wonders of science will the 21st century bring? John Maddox takes up this challenge by describing precisely what remains to be discovered. Building on twenty-three years' experience at the helm of the world's preeminent science magazine, Nature, Maddox identifies new areas of discovery in physics, biology, health, intelligence, and global catastrophe. As Maddox shows, the rate of scientific discovery will continue to accelerate, hurtling us toward ever more exciting discoveries in the next century.
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Pessimistic Overview, Already Outdated.......2007-08-26
The title of the review suggested a negative reaction to the book. It is only in light of succeeding events that my attitude has been affected. It it were 1998 (the year of publication) I would probably give five stars but the role of prophet is fraught with danger and already several of his findings have been challenged.
Maddox speaks a great deal about the origin of life. Recently, scientists repoerted overwhelming evidence that life originated in the interior of comets where the correct ingredients and more important, the necessary time existed. Other groups report that "synthetic life" is probably within ten years. We may not know exactly how life started but creating animate from inanimate matter is the best first step. The author bemoans our ignorance of how our brain operates and of consciousness itself, yet computers faithfully representing the entire neural pattern of small areas of the brain have been created and test results mirror reality. Knowledge in this area increases at an astounding rate. The author wrote in the midst of the Human Genome Project that was completed in an exponential factor, far ahead of what the "experts" predicted. Since completion, work has accelerated on identification, organization, testing and manipulation. Despite the mantra of "nothing has really changed", a cursory perusal of the subject reveals incredible insights daily. Genetic manipulation, albeit on a simple scale, has cured cancer patients in Japan. Ontogeny, the science of embryonic development, has made startling advances as we close in on the keys within DNA that transform an egg into a caterpillar and then a butterfly. It is NOT true that all we are doing is "listing discoveries" or "naming cell parts". Knowledge from one area affects another: A working theory of photosynthesis at the quantum level has led to nanotech discoveries revolutionizing solar cell efficiency.
Physics and cosmology are vibrant. Quantum Mechanics swirls with theories, some (or all) of which may be true (sorry for the inside joke). The author repeatedly states that knowing a fact is not the same as understanding it but it is the best first step. The GUT may be a chimera (Feydman thought so), gravitons may be unique (doubtful but possible) and string theory may be wrong but efforts in those areas uncover peripheral knowledge and aid in our understanding of the nature of reality.
Some areas of evolution remain cloudy. A recent discovery places human separation from other primates millions of years earlier than previously thought and firmly set our origins in Africa. The Big Bang, multiple universes and the essence of time remain outside confirmed knowledge. The "problem" is that increasingly, the so-called "scientific" questions are becoming philosophical ones that require a fresh approach to the subject. The author is correct when he says that we are learning with each new discovery how little we know and how much more we have to learn.
Great one-volume overview, but there are better books out there.......2006-12-15
I have to confess that I did not finish this book, as I was convinced of its merits about halfway through.
"What Remains to be Discovered" provides a good overview of astronomy, the origin of life, and the future of our world. It is nice to have all three in one volume. However, the writing is uninteresting and inconsistent.
The first section, on astrophysics, is very strong and authoritative, but written much more engagingly by Stephen Hawking in "A Brief History of Time."
The second section, on life, was much weaker and the reason I stopped reading. Written at a high school level (most readers are already familiar with cholorplasts and mitochondria, but he takes time to define them), this section presented general ideas on the origin of life, but provided few facts. Maddox seems much less familiar with the extant scientific literature on this subject than he does on astronomy. He presents few results of scientific studies and focusses mostly on a logical, theoretical approach. I much prefered Stuart Kauffman's "At Home in the Universe."
I give it three stars because it presents these ideas in one volume, an ambitious undertaking and would be a decent overview for someone who did not wish to take the time to read the several other, and more thorough, books on these subjects.
The more we know the more we do not know .......2005-08-30
I am among those who found this book quite difficult to read. I am not a scientist by training and a good share of the most technical description and discussion did not really make that much sense to me.
Nonetheless I learned much from the book. The main premise that there remains much to be discovered and known seems to me indisputable .And this even though there may be realms such as quantum physics where the main map is already largely drawn, and the questions which remain are of more minor significance.
The most challenging questions are as I understand it those which relate to the human mind and human situation. It is clear that we are not even close in having a real understanding of how the ' mind ' works. And in a world in which there are so many rapid developments scientifically and techologically it is clear that the major question, of the future of mankind( And our possible replacement or supplementation by other intelligences) has no clear and simple answer.
Maddox writing toward the end of the book on the possible disasters of Mankind is especially disconcerting. He does not go into the detail that Martin Rees does in presenting the various ways we may finish ourselves off, or be finished off, but he is disconcerting enough.
Above all though I think he achieves his main purpose in the book, and refutes those who want to argue that the main scientific problems (John Horgan) have already been taken care of.
Anyone who studies history or the creative life of mankind knows that so long as we are here and thinking and exploring we will be making and creating new problems and new questions.
The welcome influence of healthy scepticism.......2003-01-05
Probably written originally for the `fin de siecle' market, I suspect this book will have a much longer shelf life. John Maddox has a finely honed sense of what constitutes good science, which is not surprising for the long time editor of the prestigious journal `Nature'. He writes with authority on a vast array of subjects, and seems comfortable with the complexities of all of them. As a result, he is well qualified to distinguish between what is good science and what is metaphysics.
Why is this important? Many science writers have written books on string theory, evolution, black holes, dark matter, quintessence etc. and have done so as though writing about real entities. It is as if media departments, under pressure from funding agencies for results, have pushed them into proclaiming the reality of their theories, and then sold them onto an unsuspecting public in impressive looking books (often heralded by the supposed cognoscenti who should know better) as the latest discovery. John Maddox makes it his business to pour very cold water on most of them and argues, for instance, that `putative' or `tentative' or `candidate' black holes are not quite the same thing as experimentally established, tried and tested ideas that we normally associate with good science and science practice. This is therefore an extremely timely book, for it is the writers of science that have foisted metaphysics on us as a fait accompli, half suggesting that theories of everything are within our grasp in a short while. In contrast, John Maddox points out that for all our knowledge, we know hardly anything at all about many traditional areas of enquiry such as cell division, and that most of our efforts seem to be spent on the `naming of parts'. The genome project is a good example, but while that is a huge achievement, knowing how all the parts are put together is an undertaking that will tax our understanding for very many years yet.
What is left to discover is therefore breathtaking, and it is his healthy scepticism that reveals this. The quantum gravity problem, for instance, will not be resolved by the accumulation of data, and points at serious conceptual difficulties of a qualititative rather than quantitative form. Yet if string theory is likely to solve this, it will not be in this century that it will be testable, and at the moment stands as a lone contender that is no better than an educated guess.
But there is a darker side to John Maddox. As editor of Nature, he played a crucial role in the Bienveniste fiasco, in which a magician was employed to discredit homoeopathic experiments which suggested that water could hold a memory of what had been in it, and which had been removed. At such times, healthy scepticism turns into prejudice, and yet still appears to retain its own character. I doubt whether a magician was used to discover the errors of calculation that caused CERN scientists to proclaim prematurely the discovery of the Higgs boson. The irony is that this particle is said to have a nature not dissimilar to that of a homoeopathic remedy, having an effect more by memory than presence. Yet despite such errors, such `exotic' ideas receive major funding, and are not discredited. When advances in ideas in such areas as homoeopathy are announced, they are the spur to renunciation at any cost, and its absence even of mention is to be noted in this book. Gene structure is based on memory, and we also experience an effect of memory when something or someone is removed from our presence; it is called grief, or sadness. Perhaps such cross-categorial references are distasteful to us, but that is no reason to pillory ideas that are striving for advancement. Such ideas may appear to threaten basic scientific assumptions, but it may well be these that are preventing progress in so many areas. Scepticism is necessary for this to happen, but it so easily disguises itself as something else entirely.
Notwithstanding, this book goes a long way in correcting the focus created by other books concerning science which claim far too much for themselves and for this one fact alone, this is a book well worth the effort of reading.
Great Survey of Science Now, Past & Future........2002-10-07
John Maddox was long-time editor "Nature". Magazine. All in professional scientific research know "Science" and "Nature" are the two preeminent journals where technical papers are first published. Some of the great discoveries such as the electron, DNA and quantum theory have been published in these journals.
It is a great fortune that John Maddox, the retired editor of "Nature" took the time write this book and at the turn of the century, turn of the Millennium. It is a gift of great learning that Mr. Maddox has given to the world at the turn of the millennium.
Some writers have commented this book is hard reading, hard to follow and dense technical writing. Friends, this is not "People" or "Time" magazine. This is not supposed to be light reading; this is a discussion of what science has discovered and what science may discover in the future. Many commentators and professional scientists have long awaited this book.
Mr. Maddox breaks the book into three parts. 1. Matter 2. Life 3. Our World. This alone is noteworthy breakdown of our present knowledge of the world. Of note, Mr. Maddox writes that all scientific explanation of anything must include a "physical or materialistic" explanation.
The physical explanation or rather Physics has triumphed over virtually all other sciences. Indeed, physics is the foundation of all the sciences. We all know the chief problem of physics is the unity of theory of relativity with the quantum theory. Indeed as writer Michio Kaku said, our sum total knowledge of the universe is in the theory of relativity and of the quantum.
Mr. Maddox was a Physics professor before and his knowledge of physics allows him to delve into great details about the unification of the two great theories of the 20th. Century.
The second and third part of the book on "Life" "Our World". This discussion is a bit murky. We all know biology is not an exact science and any discussion of "Our World" is bound to be of a subjective nature.
Mr. Maddox discusses the computer, mathematics, and a family tree of man, avoidance of asteroids. Needless, one 400 page book is not going cover this in detail nor with precision or clarity.
The book can be read in one or two days. It not a textbook per se but a general discussion now, past and the future of science. It provides a sense of "time" and "place" of science for the lay reader and the professional scientists. It is great for practicing scientists and for individuals who aspire to be scientists. It may even offer general roadmap of where we want to be headed in science. This book is a must buy.
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The increase in landscape degradation in the last decades has resulted in a growing public concern for policies to conserve the countryside. This book presents theories of valuation and economic welfare which are applied to policies to conserve the landscape.
The book discusses the criteria for landscape conservation decision-making and places particular emphasis on the multi-dimensional nature of landscape change and the selection of an optimal policy mix for conservation. The author examines the economic theory and methods used to analyze changes in the landscape, and then applies these theories and methods to assess conservation schemes.
These empirical case studies provide rich information on the economics of landscape conservation under quite different policy contexts. Special emphasis is placed on contingent valuation methods to assess the willingness-to-pay for landscape conservation and use is made of cost-benefit analysis to select the optimal policy mix for landscape conservation, taking into account the practical problem of limited information.
Environmental, agricultural and ecological economists will be interested in this book as will geographers and those involved in planning and countryside management.
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