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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 132400679X
• ISBN13: 9781324006794
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"