1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

by Frederick Taylor

Book Overview

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 the coming of the Second World War felt like to those who lived through it. Frederick Taylor, author of renowned histories of the Berlin Wall and the bombing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393868273
• ISBN13: 9780393868272
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 9.1"