Richard Overy

Broschiertes Buch

1939

Countdown to War

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 129mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 134g
• ISBN-13: 9780141041308
• ISBN-10: 0141041307
• Artikelnr.: 28091297