Richard Overy is a military historian, best known for The air war, 1939-1945.
Quick Facts About Richard Overy
Born
December 23, 1947
Profession
Military Historian
Notable works
The air war, 1939-1945
About Richard Overy
Richard James Overy is a British historian who has published on the history of World War II and Nazi Germany. In 2007, as The Times editor of Complete History of the World, he chose the 50 key dates of world history.
![“Goering was a contradictory [and] complex ... character.” quote by Richard Overy](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/519/richard-overy-41096_character_goering-was-a-contradictory-and-complex_2833055.jpg)
![“Goering got into endless arguments with other officers [and] he did not like routine work.” quote by Richard Overy](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/18b/richard-overy-41096_argument_goering-got-into-endless-arguments-with_2897801.jpg)
![“Many of the political jokes that circulated in the Third Reich were directed at Goering. He collected them [all] in a large leather notebook and delighted in re-telling most of them to his friends.” quote by Richard Overy](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/529/richard-overy-41096_delighted_many-of-the-political-jokes-that-circula_1772394.jpg)
![“Goering's ideas betray a consistent desire to create something essentially new, implying all the historic virtues, but unlike [anything] of the past.” quote by Richard Overy](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ab9/richard-overy-41096_betray_goering-s-ideas-betray-a-consistent-desi_1278977.jpg)
![“It is sometimes suggested that the [Nazi economic] recovery was a product of a specific fascist economic strategy, which distinguished it from the recovery efforts of other capitalist states. While few would disagree that the Nazi regime had a number of clear ideological preferences when it came…” quote by Richard Overy](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8b0/richard-overy-41096_adopted_it-is-sometimes-suggested-that-the-nazi_1715326.jpg)
