Five Lessons from the 
Second World War
  • Introduction
  • The Dangers of Appeasement and 
Coalitions of ‘My Enemy’s Enemy’
  • The Need for Planning and Management
  • Control of Resources Meant Control of the War
  • Technology Could Hold the Key … 
If it is the Appropriate Technology
  • Pursuing a ‘Good War’ Against the Devil ... 
Can Make You a Devil too
How Europe Changed after 1945
  • Introduction
  • The End of Nineteenth Century Empires
  • The Beginning of Empires ‘By Invitation’ and Coercion
  • Co-Operation over Competition
  • A ‘Truncated’ Political Distribution