{"product_id":"1939-countdown-to-war","title":"1939: Countdown to War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Overy's book is easily the best account of Europe's descent into...death and destruction.\" --\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brilliantly concise narrative of the days leading to the outbreak of history's greatest conflagration, \u003ci\u003e1939\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers hour by hour through the nail-biting decisions that determined the fate of millions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Overy, a leading historian of the period, masterfully recreates the jockeying for advantage that set Europe's greatest powers on a collision course. Would Stalin join Hitler in a bid to divide Poland and flout the West? Would Britain and France succeed in forcing Germany to reason? And how far would a defiant Poland push its claim to exist? In the summer of 1939, the course of events was anything but assured, as this exceptionally absorbing book drives home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Overy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44913175461957,"sku":"BS-LIB-120063","price":24.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2482\/2494\/files\/9780143120063-HD.jpg?v=1777053298","url":"https:\/\/libros787.com\/en\/products\/1939-countdown-to-war","provider":"Libros787.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}