{"product_id":"poland-1939-the-outbreak-of-world-war-ii-9781541602618","title":"Poland 1939: The Outbreak of World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \"exemplary\" (Timothy Snyder, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) history of the onset of World War II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Americans, World War II began in December 1941, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor; but for Europe, the war began on September 1, 1939, when Hitler's soldiers invaded Poland, followed later that month by Stalin's Red Army. The conflict that ensued saw the debut of many of the features that would come to define the later war--blitzkrieg, the targeting of civilians, ethnic cleansing, and indiscriminate aerial bombing--yet it is routinely overlooked by historians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePoland 1939\u003c\/i\u003e, Roger Moorhouse reexamines the least understood campaign of World War II, using original archival sources to provide a harrowing and very human account of the events that set the bloody tone for the conflict to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Polish Foreign Ministry History Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2020 Wellington Military History Medal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoger Moorhouse\u003c\/b\u003e studied history at the University of London and is a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Warsaw. He is the author of several books on World War II history, including \u003ci\u003eBerlin at War\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the Hessell-Tiltman Prize) and\u003ci\u003e The Devils' Alliance\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50707716735250,"sku":"9781541602618","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f03c242a-af08-466e-9e58-df2ff5135cb3.jpg?v=1734503632","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/poland-1939-the-outbreak-of-world-war-ii-9781541602618","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}