Europe at War 1939-1945: No Simple Victory (Pan Books) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Europe at War 1939-1945 A powerfully argued, provocative and vividly written account of the Second World War from one of our finest historians.
Full description- Publisher: Pan Books
- Published: 30 November 2007
- Format: Paperback 546 pages
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- Categories: Fascism & Nazism | Political Structure & Processes | Political Structures: Totalitarianism & Dictatorship | European History | 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000 | Second World War
- ISBN 13: 9780330352123 ISBN 10: 0330352121
- Sales rank: 101,839
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Full description for Europe at War 1939-1945
The conventional narrative of the Second World War is well known: after six years of brutal fighting on land, sea and in the air, the Allied Powers prevailed and the Nazi regime was defeated. But as in so many things, the truth is somewhat different. Bringing a fresh eye to bear on a story we think we know, Norman Davies.Davies forces us to look again at those six years and to discard the usual narrative of Allied good versus Nazi evil, reminding us that the war in Europe was dominated by two evil monsters - Hitler and Stalin - whose fight for supremacy consumed the best people in Germany and in the USSR . The outcome of the war was at best ambiguous, the victory of the West was only partial, its moral reputation severely tarnished and, for the greater part of the continent of Europe, 'liberation' was only the beginning of more than fifty years of totalitarian oppression. 'Davies writes with real knowledge and passion.' Michael Burleigh, Evening Standard 'Punchy and compelling' Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph
