THE WORLD OVER IN 1940 -- The Living Age Manual

An excellent reference book, which -- with its two predecessors and the volumes in the years ahead should prove to be of inestimable value. A combination of chronology and interpretation, based on exhaustive research through periodicals, newspapers, government reports, official publications, documents, pamphlets, radio, transcripts, etc. The commentary is brief, but written by experts it weighs the evidence advisedly.