
To Hell and Back
Europe 1914-1949
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Narrated by:
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John Curless
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By:
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Ian Kershaw
The Penguin History of Europe series reaches the 20th century with acclaimed scholar Ian Kershaw's long-anticipated analysis of the pivotal years of World War I and World War II.
The European catastrophe, the long, continuous period from 1914 to1949, was unprecedented in human history - an extraordinarily dramatic, often traumatic, and endlessly fascinating period of upheaval and transformation. This new volume in the Penguin History of Europe series offers comprehensive coverage of this tumultuous era. Beginning with the outbreak of World War I through the rise of Hitler and the aftermath of the Second World War, award-winning British historian Ian Kershaw combines his characteristic original scholarship and gripping prose as he profiles the key decision makers and the violent shocks of war as they affected the entire European continent and radically altered the course of European history. Kershaw identifies four major causes for this catastrophe: an explosion of ethnic-racist nationalism, bitter and irreconcilable demands for territorial revisionism, acute class conflict given concrete focus through the Bolshevik Revolution, and a protracted crisis of capitalism.
Incisive, brilliantly written, and filled with penetrating insights, To Hell and Back offers an indispensable study of a period in European history whose effects are still being felt today.
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Absolutely excellent!
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comprehensive review of modern European history
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Perfect. eye opening.
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For example, why did Fascism gain hold in Italy and Germany, but not in other authoritarian governments in Eastern Europe? What was the role of neutral governments during World War II, and how neutral were they? Were Spain and Portugal partners of the Axis powers? Or of the Allies? Or of both? Why was Communism such a powerful draw for some people in Europe, but not for others? What effect did World War II have on the intellectuals in Europe, and on their writings? How did the period affect religious institutions? And was the Papacy an active ally of the Nazis? Of the Allies? And how did many of the European countries recover from the effects of World War I and World War II?
What Mr Kershaw has given us is a wide ranging and informative view of 35 years of European History covering all of the countries in Europe, and not just a look at the events leading up to World War II. Almost every book I had read prior to this book covered Western Europe with an emphasis on the UK, France, Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union with little mention of Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Poland, Yugoslavia, Albania, and so on. Mr Kershaw has done a great service opening up all go European history in looking at this period.
I found the narration to be OK, if not. inspired, and the material to be helpful in answering questions I never knew I had. I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in this period of history.
35 years of European History
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A Survey of the WWI and WWII in Europe
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Listen if you wish to understand the 20th century
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Nice Overview
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A good thumbnail sketch an eventful piece of history
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Content: insightful, unique analysis of the psychological, cultural, sociological reasons why Germans steadfastly resisted surrender right up to the end of the war. Not only did they resist surrender when all hope was lost; they also until the very end ruthlessly continued to embrace nazism and enact its brutal, prescribe, inhumane policies.
Highly recommended.
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Childers’ World War Two: a military and social history. This audio complements the concluding chapters of Childers’ Great Courses audio.
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A Woman in Berlin recounts the cruel indignities inflicted on Berliners especially women, during their East Prussia-to-Berlin. Included, of course, is Russian subjugation during the oppupation.
Excellent, unique analysis
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Very detailed. Brilliant in breadth and scope.
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