Download or read book A Short History of World War II written by James L. Stokesbury and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Short History of World War II is essentially a military history, but it reaches from the peace settlements of World War I to the drastically altered postwar world of the late 1940's. Lucidly written and eminently readable, it is factual and accurate enough to satisfy professional historians. A Short History of World War II will appeal equally to the general reader, the veteran who fought in the War, and the student interested in understanding the contemporary political world.