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Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940-1941
Ian Kershaw
ISBN: 9780141014180
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
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In 1940 the hurricane of events that marked the opening of the Second World War meant that anything could happen. This book re-creates the ten decisions taken between May 1940, when Britain chose not to surrender, and December 1941, when Hitler decided to destroy Europe's Jews, showing how these choices would recast the entire course of history.
In 1940 the world was on a knife-edge. The hurricane of events that marked the opening of the Second World War meant that anything could happen. For the aggressors there was no limit to their ambitions; for their victims a new Dark Age beckoned. Over the next few months their fates would be determined. In "Fateful Choices" Ian Kershaw re-creates the ten critical decisions taken between May 1940, when Britain chose not to surrender, and December 1941, when Hitler decided to destroy Europe's Jews, showing how these choices would recast the entire course of history.
| ISBN | 0141014180 | | Pages | 672 | | ISBN13 | 9780141014180
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 471 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 28 Feb 2008 | | Spine width (mm) | 28 | | DEWEY | 940.53 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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? Superb . . . helps to further our understanding of this epic struggle? as well as of the role of contingency in history.? ?"The New York Times Book Review" ? The central achievement of Ian Kershaw's latest book is to make new some bits of history you thought you already had a handle on. . . . Full of surprises.? ?"San Francisco Chronicle"  Be the first to write a customer review
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