1939 : a people's history of the coming of World War II

Taylor, Fred, 1947- author.

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"A best-selling historian's chronicle of the dramatic months from the Munich Agreement to Hitler's invasion of Poland and the beginning of World War II. In the autumn of 1938, Europe believed in the promise of peace. But only a year later, the fateful decisions of just a few men had again led Europe to a massive world war. Drawing on contemporary diaries, memoirs, and newspapers, as well as recorded interviews, 1939 is a narrative account of what...

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Europe History 1918-1945

Europe Politics and government 1918-1945

World War, 1939-1945 Causes

World War, 1939-1945 Public opinion

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ISBN:

9781324006794
132400679X

Edition:

First American edition

Description:

434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24cm

Other Title:

1939

Notes:

Published in England as: 1939: a people's history : 'the war nobody wanted.'
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

September 1938: 'So, No War!'
October 1938: 'More Popular than Hitler'
November 1938: 'We Are Being Hunted Like Hares'
Winter 1938/1939: 'Does Conscription Mean That the Men Will Have to Go Away?'
Spring 1939: 'It's Hitler Again: But Don't Worry!'
April/May 1939: 'We All Love Him Very, Very Much'
June/July 1939: 'Fine, Fine, Fine. Blue and Sunshine Everywhere'
1-22 August 1939: 'To Die for Danzig?'
23-31 August 1939: 'Grandmother is Dead'
1-3 September 1939: 'So the Madness Unfolds'

LCCN:

2020000207

Control Number:

2902553

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