To hell and back : Europe, 1914-1949
Kershaw, Ian2016
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In the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to recover from. The disaster terrified its survivors, shocked that a civilization that had blandly assumed itself to be a model for the rest of the world had collapsed into a chaotic savagery beyond any comparison. In 1939 Europeans would initiate a second conflict that managed to be even worse - a war in which the killing of civilians was central and which culminated in the Holocaust. Ian Kershaw gives a compelling narrative of events, but he also wrestles with the most difficult issues that the events raise - with what it meant for the Europeans who initiated and lived through such fearful times - and what this means for us.
Main title:
To hell and back : Europe, 1914-1949 / Ian Kershaw.
Author:
Kershaw, Ian, author
Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2016.
Collation:
xxv, 592 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: UK: Allen Lane, 2015.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141980430 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.3940.3 KERS
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1551118