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R.J. Overy. ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1405824697/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1405824697&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=JTVRT3B3XR7OIGCL The Origins of the Second World War]'' (Taylor & Francis, 2001)
Overy argues that Nazi Germany was not the ultimate cause of the war. Rather it was a result of a failed international system. The British and French Empire were in decline and they were faced with rising powers in Europe such as Italy and Germany. American isolationism meant that it was reluctant to help the British and Empires to resist Italy and Germany and meant that international relations were fundamentally unstable. The international order, which had not recovered from the First World War, was easily destabilized by Hitler and this led to Europe once more descending into a terrible conflict.
David Cameron Watt. <i>[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/039457916X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=039457916X&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=ESGECOKWN4PH5O3A How War Came: The immediate causes of the Second World War]</i> (Penguin/Random House, 1989)
