This book looks at the events leading to the World War II, the most widespread war in history, in which the major participants used all their industrial, economic and scientific might to wage 'total war'. It examines the legacy of the war, both in terms of the bad things that came out of it, such as the fear and mistrust between the USA and Russia that led to the Cold War, and the good things, including advances in medicine and computing and the establishment of the United Nations.

 

This book is part of a book series called Did Anything Good Come Out Of .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Emma Marriott, is an experienced writer and editor of non-fiction for young people, specialising in history, popular culture and current affairs.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Introduction
• 2: Events leading to war
• 3: Timeline of the war
• 4: The end of the war and the aftermath
• 5: Political outcomes and international law
• 6: Peace agreements
• 7: Two superpowers
• 8: International cooperation
• 9: Economic change
• 10: A new spirit: state control
• 11: Health and medicine
• 12: Other innovations from World War II
• 13: Warfare
• 14: Decoding
• 15: Nuclear power
• 16: Media
• 17: The arts
• 18: Do, DID anything good come out of World War II?
• 19: Further information
• 20: Glossary
• 21: Index