{"product_id":"poland-1939-the-outbreak-of-world-war-ii-9780465095384","title":"Poland 1939: The Outbreak of World War II","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"chilling\" and \"expertly\" written history of the 1939 September Campaign and the onset of World War II (\u003ci\u003eTimes of London\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor Americans, World War II began in December of 1941, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor; but for Poland, the war began on September 1, 1939, when Hitler's soldiers invaded, followed later that month by Stalin's Red Army. The conflict that followed saw the debut of many of the features that would come to define the later war-blitzkrieg, the targeting of civilians, ethnic cleansing, and indiscriminate aerial bombing-yet it is routinely overlooked by historians. \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePoland 1939\u003c\/i\u003e, Roger Moorhouse reexamines the least understood campaign of World War II, using original archival sources to provide a harrowing and very human account of the events that set the bloody tone for the conflict to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465095384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/09\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2020 pg. 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2020 pg. 110\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Roger Moorhouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38027575034037,"sku":"9780465095384","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2f442b2f-1495-459e-8b02-75f1a713cba6.jpg?v=1609193208","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/poland-1939-the-outbreak-of-world-war-ii-9780465095384","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}