Presented in September 2022 folder. A masterpiece. It puts all previous single-volume works of the conflict in the shade.' Saul David, The Times. 'This book is Richard Overy's magnum opus ... It would be difficult to overstate the brilliance with which argument and insight are interwoven in a fast-paced narrative.' John Darwin, Times Literary Supplement. A bold new approach to the Second World War from one of Britain's foremost military historians Richard Overy sets out in Blood and Ruins to recast the way in which we view the Second World War and its origins and aftermath.
