Nonfiction | History

1939 : A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

by Frederick Taylor

2020-06-16 01:58:31

Compare Price
A best-selling historian’s chronicle of the dramatic months from the Munich Agreement to Hitler’s invasion of Poland and the beginning of World War II.In the autumn of 1938, Europe believed in the promise of peace. But only a year later... Read more
A best-selling historian’s chronicle of the dramatic months from the Munich Agreement to Hitler’s invasion of Poland and the beginning of World War II.

In the autumn of 1938, Europe believed in the promise of peace. But only a year later, the fateful decisions of just a few men had again led Europe to a massive world war. Drawing on contemporary diaries, memoirs, and newspapers, as well as recorded interviews, 1939 is a narrative account of what the coming of the Second World War felt like to those who lived through it.

Frederick Taylor, author of renowned histories of the Berlin Wall and the bombing of Dresden, highlights the day-to-day experiences of ordinary citizens as well as those who were at the height of power in Germany and Britain. Their voices lend an intimate flavor to this often-surprising account of the period and reveal a marked disconnect between government and people, for few people in either country wanted war.

1939 is a vivid and richly peopled narrative of Europe’s slide into the horrors of war and a powerful warning for our own time.

Less

Book Details

File size8.9x5.8x1.6inches
Print pages448
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
Publication date May 1, 2020
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781324006794
autor-image
Frederick Taylor
Author
...

Compare Prices

Store Availability Book Format Condition Price
Indigo Books & Music In Stock Hard Cover Hard Cover Buy CAD 38.12
eBooks.com In Stock EPUB (encrypted) EPUB (encrypted) Buy CAD 36.73
BOOKSAMILLION.COM In Stock Hard Cover Hard Cover Buy USD 30.0
Indigo Books & MusicIn Stock
Format
Hard Cover
Condition
Hard Cover
Buy CAD 38.12
eBooks.comIn Stock
Format
EPUB (encrypted)
Condition
EPUB (encrypted)
Buy CAD 36.73
BOOKSAMILLION.COMIn Stock
Format
Hard Cover
Condition
Hard Cover
Buy USD 30.0
Available Discount
No Discount available

Related Books

View All
FREE
In and Around Berlin
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Old English Libraries
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Tacitus on Germany
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations: Together With Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries: Depicting, by Pen and ... Remarkable Event, Romantic Episodes,
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Germany From the Earliest Period, Volume 4
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile (Webster's Spanish Thesaurus Edition)
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Von Tripolis nach Alexandrien - 1. Band
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
An Anthology of German Literature (Classic Reprint)
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Uarda A Romance of Ancient Egypt
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Leading Facts of English History
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Days of the Discoverers
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Voyages Dans La Basse Et La Haute Egypte Pendant Les Campagnes de Bonaparte
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Kiltartan History Book
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
A War-Time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Germany and the Next War
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
My Four Years in Germany
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Berlin and Sans-Souci: Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends, Volume 2
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
In New England Fields and Woods
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Barbarism of Berlin
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
In the Claws of the German Eagle
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
My Private Menagerie
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

Join us and get access to all
your favourite books

Sign up for free and start exploring thousands of eBooks today.

Sign up for free

Stay in touch.

© 2026 AMPLE READS