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1939: Countdown to War Reprint edition
Richard Overy
1939: Countdown to War Reprint edition
Richard Overy
"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.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 27, 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9780143120063 |
Publishers | Penguin Books |
Pages | 158 |
Dimensions | 133 × 15 × 203 mm · 136 g |
Language | English |
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