The United States And World War II

This book examines the origins of the Cold War, the superpower arms race and the division of Europe sets out to show how World War II helped to shape the world in which we now live. It is written for the general reader, and for use in courses of World War II and on American history.

ROBERT FRANKLIN MADDOX is Professor of History at Marshall University./e He is the author of two books, The Senatorial Career of Harley Martin Kilgore and America and World War I: A Selected Annotated Bibliography of English Language Sources with David Woodward. The author of numerous articles and reviews he is a past president of the West Virginia Historical Association.