{"product_id":"1939-countdown-to-war-9780143120063","title":"1939: Countdown to War","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Overy's book is easily the best account of Europe's descent into...death and destruction.\" --\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliantly concise narrative of the days leading to the outbreak of history's greatest conflagration, \u003ci\u003e1939\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers hour by hour through the nail-biting decisions that determined the fate of millions. Richard Overy, a leading historian of the period, masterfully recreates the jockeying for advantage that set Europe's greatest powers on a collision course. Would Stalin join Hitler in a bid to divide Poland and flout the West? Would Britain and France succeed in forcing Germany to reason? And how far would a defiant Poland push its claim to exist? In the summer of 1939, the course of events was anything but assured, as this exceptionally absorbing book drives home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143120063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Richard Overy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44561515610293,"sku":"9780143120063","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ebf23c7c-73cd-4e3e-b0dd-6de9f42d2d7f.jpg?v=1723525877","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/1939-countdown-to-war-9780143120063","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}