{"product_id":"1939-a-peoples-history-of-the-coming-of-the-second-world-war-9780393868272","title":"1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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, \u003cem\u003e1939\u003c\/em\u003e is a narrative account of what the coming of the Second World War felt like to those who lived through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrederick 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e1939\u003c\/em\u003e is a vivid and richly peopled narrative of Europe's slide into the horrors of war and a powerful warning for our own time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaylor, Frederick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eFrederick Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eDresden\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Berlin Wall\u003c\/em\u003e, and other works of history, and he edited and translated \u003cem\u003eThe Goebbels Diaries, 1939-41\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Cornwall, England.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50529275674898,"sku":"9780393868272","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f1b71e4-9dc5-4bc5-ba55-8024efcf5ca8.jpg?v=1731343974","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/1939-a-peoples-history-of-the-coming-of-the-second-world-war-9780393868272","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}