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SAK . . . i ) and Germans alike. With crisp, clear prose and brilliant ~ analysis, Taylor established that the war, “far from being a premeditated, was a mistake, the result on both sides of 7 diplomatic blunders.” He argued that Hitler was more an’ a opportunist than an ideologue who owed his successesto ~
and Great Britain’s and France’s tacking between resistance
appeasement, and to an American policy akin to“the significant episode of the dog in the night, to which Sherlock
Holmes once drew attention.. When Watson objected: ‘But
the dog did nothing in the night,’ Holmes answered: ‘That ~ was the significant episode.’” The Times Literary Supplement ~
oftheSecond World War“simple, devastating, called TheOrigins
superlatively readable, and deeply disturbing,” and itremains 7
so now—a groundbreaking book ofenduring importance.
“The first major English ‘revisionist’ study ofthe background
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of the Second World War...a pleasure to read: concise... crackling with paradox and epigram.” St. Louis Globe Democrat
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“Taylor remains Britain’s most prominent living historian.” Washington Post Book World “Powerfully argued, brilliantly written, and always persuasive.” ..
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