Jeremy Black provides fresh insights into the operations at the Eastern Front and the war against Japan and argues against a trend to demilitarise, giving due weight to the campaigns and battles that made up the war. 'Jeremy Black has wrestled with a massive subject to produce an excellently managed, thought-provoking book.' - Nick Smart, Archives April 2004 Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He has published widely on military and political history.