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1939: Countdown To War (2010)

by Richard Overy(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0670022098 (ISBN13: 9780670022090)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Viking Adult

review 1: This is an odd little book. It deserves top score for the pace and readability (it is as good as it gets) but it simply fails to convince on its main thesis that events on the final days before the war were crucial to the way things went the way they went. Those events were very interesting... but, alas, not that important. In spite of the author stating otherwise, there is no parallel with the 1914 final days and decisions
review 2: This was a very interesting book on the lead in to Germany invading Poland and the start of World War II. It was also very short, roughly 150 pages which seems oddly short for the subject. However, the author keeps his focus on a fairly short period of time and focuses on England and France, and their response as well as the invas... moreion that nearly happened a few days before September 1. A good read and a quick one as well. less

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