{"product_id":"1939-a-peoples-history-of-the-coming-of-the-second-world-war","title":"1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e1939\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a narrative account of what the coming of the Second World War felt like to those who lived through it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrederick Taylor, author of renowned histories of the Berlin Wall and the bombing of Dresden, highlights the day-to-day experiences of ordinary citizens as well as those who were at the height of power in Germany and Britain. Their voices lend an intimate flavor to this often-surprising account of the period and reveal a marked disconnect between government and people, for few people in either country wanted war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e1939\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a vivid and richly peopled narrative of Europe’s slide into the horrors of war and a powerful warning for our own time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003ePublished: USA, 2020\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: W W Norton \u0026amp; Co Inc\u003cbr\u003ePages: 424\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781324006794\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 132400679X\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Frederick Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45776995746058,"sku":"","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781324006794.jpg?v=1718011743","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/1939-a-peoples-history-of-the-coming-of-the-second-world-war","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}