Five best books about the beginnings of the Second World War

Richard Overy's books include 1939: Countdown to War.One of his five best books on the beginnings of World War II, as told to the Wall Street Journal:The Triumph of the Darkby Zara Steiner (2010)Every now and again, a book comes along that merits being called "definitive." Zara Steiner's "The Triumph of the Dark" is the most thorough, wide-ranging and carefully argued narrative available on the