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Dowswell, Paul.

Title The causes of World War II / Paul Dowswell.

Publication Info.	Chicago : Heinemann Library, [2003]
	©2003

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Location	Call No.	Status
Plainville Public Library - Children's Department	J GLOBAL INFO 940.53 DOW	Check Shelf

Description	48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm.
Series	20th-century perspectives
	20th-century perspectives.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 45) and index.
Contents	World War II begins -- Post war settlement: What were the causes of World War II? -- Treaty of Versailles -- Shifting powers -- Depression: Germany in the 1920s -- Effects of the Great Depression -- Rise of the dictators: Mussolini and fascist Italy -- Japan after World War I -- Rise of Hitler -- Hitler's Germany -- Soviet Union between the wars -- Franco and Spain -- Road to war: Japan's ambitions for an empire -- Italy's new roman empire -- Hitler tests the water -- Appeasement and Munich -- Nazi-Soviet pact -- Second world war: War breaks out -- From European War to World War -- Learning the lessons -- Timeline -- Further reading -- Glossary -- Index.
Summary	Examines the causes of World War II, including the stipulations of the treaty that Germany was forced to sign at the end of World War I, the effects of the Great Depression, Germany's desire for colonies, and the rise of Hitler.
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes -- Juvenile literature.
	Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933 -- Juvenile literature.
	Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
	National socialism -- Juvenile literature.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes.
	Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933.
	Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
	National socialism.
Added Title	Causes of World War 2
	Causes of World War Two
ISBN	1403401497
	9781403401496

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