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9780670022090

1939 Countdown to War

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  • ISBN13:

    9780670022090

  • ISBN10:

    0670022098

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-09-23
  • Publisher: Viking Adult
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Summary

A leading historian re-creates the final hours of peace in Europe. Overy vividly chronicles the unraveling of peace, hour by grim hour, as politicians and ordinary citizens brace themselves for a war that could spell the end of European civilization.

Author Biography

Richard Overy is a professor of history at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. His many books on European history include The Twilight Years: The Paradox of Britain Between the Wars, Why the Allies Won, Russia's War, and The Dictators: Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia, winner of the Wolfson Prize for History.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
Acknowledgementsp. xi
Prologue: Poland, Germany and the Westp. 1
Time Running Out: 24-26 August 1939p. 19
Poland in the Middle: 27-31 Augustp. 42
Local War or World War?: 1-3 Septemberp. 69
The Failure of Peace: 3 September 1939p. 91
Conclusion: Why War?p. 111
Notesp. 125
Indexp. 151
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