1939
Countdown to War
Author: Overy, Richard

Review Date: August 1, 2010
Publisher:Viking
Pages: 176
Price ( Hardback ): $25.95
Publication Date: September 27, 2010
ISBN ( Hardback ): 978-0-670-02209-0
Category: Nonfiction
Classification: History

Overy (History/Univ. of Exeter; The Twilight Years: The Paradox of Britain Between the Wars, 2009, etc.) limns the annus horribilis in which World War II broke out in Europe.

By the author’s account, the war was inevitable. Europe had nearly ...

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