Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940-1941 - Softcover

Kershaw, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143113720 ISBN 13: 9780143113720

Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr, 2008

Synopsis

The newest immensely original undertaking from the historian who gave us the defining two-volume portrait of Hitler, Fateful Choices puts Ian Kershaw's analytical and storytelling gifts on dazzling display. From May 1940 to December 1941, the leaders of the world's six major powers made a series of related decisions that determined the final outcome of World War II and shaped the course of human destiny. As the author examines the connected stories of these profound choices, he restores a sense of drama and contingency to this pivotal moment, producing one of the freshest, most important books on World War II in years?one with powerful contemporary relevance.

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Review:

a Superb . . . helps to further our understanding of this epic strugglea as well as of the role of contingency in history.a
a"The New York Times Book Review"
a The central achievement of Ian Kershawas latest book is to make new some bits of history you thought you already had a handle on. . . . Full of surprises.a
a"San Francisco Chronicle"

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"

? 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"

From the Publisher:

~ I ~ Great Britain Decides to Fight On ~ II ~ Hitler decides
to Attack the Soviet Union ~ III ~ Japan Decides to Seize the 'Golden
Opportunity' ~ IV ~ Mussolini Decides to Grab His Share ~ V ~ Roosevelt
Decides to Help Britain ~ VI ~ Stalin Decides to Trust Hitler ~ VII ~
Roosevelt Decides to Wage Undeclared War ~ VIII ~ Japan Decides to Go to
War ~ IX ~ Hitler Decides to Declare War on the USA ~ X ~ Hitler Decides on
Genocide

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0143113720
• ISBN 13: 9780143113720
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 672