Author

Publication

2016 - , England

Language

English

Word Count

148,000 words, Guess

Page Count

592 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivetohellbackeurope0000kers
  • ISBN-100141980435
  • ISBN-100143109928
  • ISBN-139780141980430
  • ISBN-139780143109921
and 5 more
  • WikidataQ107365700
  • OCLC Control Number952022143
  • Better World Books9780141980430
  • Better World Books9780143109921
  • Open LibraryOL26536042M

Classifications

  • DDC940.3
  • LCCD424 .K47 2016
  • LCCD424

Description

In the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to recover from. The disaster terrified its survivors, shocked that a civilization that had blandly assumed itself to be a model for the rest of the world had collapsed into a chaotic savagery beyond any comparison. In 1939 Europeans would initiate a second conflict that managed to be even worse - a war in which the killing of civilians was central and which culminated in the Holocaust. To Hell and Back tells this story with humanity, flair and originality. Kershaw gives a compelling narrative of events, but he also wrestles with the most difficult issues that the events raise - with what it meant for the Europeans who initiated and lived through such fearful times - and what this means for us.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Penguin history of Europe -- 8

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