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- Book Synopsis
- 'A gripping analysis of the final days of peace ... indispensable' M. R. D. Foot, The Times Richard Overy's 1939: Countdown to War re-creates hour-by-hour the last desperate attempts to salvage peace before the outbreak of World War Two. 24 August 1939: The fate of the world is hanging in the balance. Hitler has ambitions to invade Poland and hopes Stalin will now help him. The West must try to stop him. Nothing was predictable or inevitable. The West hoped that Hitler would see sense if they stood firm. Hitler was convinced the West would back down. And both sides acted knowing that they risked being plunged into a war that might spell the end the end of European civilization.
- About The Author
- Richard Overy is Honorary Research Professor of History at the University of Exeter and one of Britain's most distinguished historians. His major works include The Dictators, winner of the 2005 Wolfson Prize, The Morbid Age and The Bombing War, which won a Cundill Award for Historical Excellence in 2014. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780141041308
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, (29 April 2010)
- Number of Pages
- 158
- Weight
- 148 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 11 mm
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