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To hell and back : Europe, 1914-1949 / Ian Kershaw

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBookLanguage: English Series: The Penguin history of Europe ; 8Publisher: [London] : Penguin Books, 2016Description: xxv, 592 Seiten : Illustrationen, KartenISBN:
  • 0141980435
  • 9780141980430
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.3#n/a
RVK: RVK: NP 4420LOC classification:
  • D424
Summary: Europe's 20th century was a century of war. It was an extraordinarily dramatic, tragic and endlessly fascinating period, its history one of huge upheaval and astounding transformation. Europe went to hell and back. Kershaw tells this story with humanity, flair and originality. He examines what it meant for the Europeans who lived through such fearful times - and what this means for us. In the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to recover from. The disaster terrified its survivors, shocked that a civilization that had blandly assumed itself to be a model for the rest of the world had collapsed into a chaotic savagery beyond any comparison. In 1939 Europeans would initiate a second conflict that managed to be even worse - a war in which the killing of civilians was central and which culminated in the Holocaust. To Hell and Back tells this story with humanity, flair and originality. Kershaw gives a compelling narrative of events, but he also wrestles with the most difficult issues that the events raise - with what it meant for the Europeans who initiated and lived through such fearful times - and what this means for usCall number: Grundsignatur: 2019 A 1835-8PPN: PPN: 863149219
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