Prof. David Hoggan takes you behind the scenes of World War II and bares the reasons for the war and why the war was absolutely necessary for various leaders and participants, even if not for their countries. Thus, this is not a typical standard boring World War II book. Dr. Hoggan names names and explains the roles of these participants – major and minor - and their motivations, in this last major war of the 20th Century. It is said that the victors write the history books, but not in this case. Though American, Prof. Hoggan completed first hand research on the period in Europe in order to write this seminal work, which will amaze and appall as the blinders of history are stripped away. Never published before in English, this is a major work by a dynamic historian of note, who dared to do real history.