1939: Countdown to War Contributor(s): Overy, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143120069 ISBN-13: 9780143120063 Publisher: Penguin Books
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Modern - 20th Century - History | Western Europe - General |
Dewey: 940.531 |
Age Level: 18-UP |
Grade Level: 13-UP |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.6" L (0.30 lbs) 176 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's |
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: "Overy's book is easily the best account of Europe's descent into...death and destruction." --Evening Standard (London) A brilliantly concise narrative of the days leading to the outbreak of history's greatest conflagration, 1939 takes readers hour by hour through the nail-biting decisions that determined the fate of millions. Richard Overy, a leading historian of the period, masterfully recreates the jockeying for advantage that set Europe's greatest powers on a collision course. Would Stalin join Hitler in a bid to divide Poland and flout the West? Would Britain and France succeed in forcing Germany to reason? And how far would a defiant Poland push its claim to exist? In the summer of 1939, the course of events was anything but assured, as this exceptionally absorbing book drives home. |
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