December 1941, By Evan Mawdsley

When did not just the Second World War, but our postwar condition, truly begin? This compelling history, tight in focus but vast in implication, traces the events of 1-12 December 1941.

In the week of Pearl Harbor, campaigns from the Eastern Front to North Africa and Malaya turned irreversibly in a global direction.

As the Red Army halted the Nazis near Moscow, America joined the war and Japan began to shake the British Empire, the fault-lines of today came into view. Mawdsley is a commanding guide to a pivotal fortnight.