title: The Second World War: A Short History (Struggle for Survival)
author: R. A. C. Parker
description: <br /><em>Review from previous edition</em>: "Based on a matchless knowledge of the documents, he provides an authoritative treatment of military, diplomatic, and economic aspects, written with great force and insight. As a one-volume survey, it is unlikely to be surpassed...[A] magnificent achievement, a tour de force."--<em>Kenneth O. Morgan, New Statesman and Society</em>
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  ## A Mighty Endeavor
  
  
    
  
  
  ### Stuart Slade
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  When the Second World War started, the countries that made up the British
  Commonwealth agreed that if Britain was forced to surrender, the Dominions
  would carry on the war by themselves. On June 19, 1940, the unthinkable
  happened and Britain was forced out of the war. The Commonwealth was left on
  its own and has to shoulder the burden of fighting Germany without the center
  of Commonwealth military, economic and political power. In a world now full of
  unexpected enemies and unlikely friends, the Commonwealth faces a desperate
  struggle to survive.
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Stuart Slade
  
  
  ## A MIGHTY ENDEAVOR
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _This book is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Air Chief Marshal Sir
  Wilfrid Rhodes Freeman_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  _Acknowledgements_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  _Mighty Endeavor_ could not have been written without the very generous help
  of 