Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at WorldWar II is a history of World War II from an alternativeviewpoint.  Deighton looks for the originsof the war, from the rise of the great power conflicts that led to the FirstWorld War, through the inter-war years and the histories of the variousconflicts and combatants in the years up until the beginning of the war in1939.  He traces the early engagements,the feints, the so-called Phony War, right through until Japan's attackon Pearl Harbor in 1941.  Deightonattempts to create an encyclopedic introduction to the conflict by building upa detailed background and showing how perilous Britain's early situation was,the early blunders by Winston Churchill in the NorwegianCampaign and the British dealings with the French that led to the debacleof Dunkirk.  This offering featuresa 1993 Hardback with Dust Jacket, US edition of this work.  This is a used book in excellentcondition.  Shipped via USPS Media Mail.