Fateful Choices Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940-1941

Name: Fateful Choices Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940-1941
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ISBN: 9780143113720

ISBN-10: 0143113720

ISBN-13: 9780143113720

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Authors: Ian Kershaw

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The newest immensely original undertaking from the historian who gave us the defining two-volume portrait of Hitler, Fateful Choicesputs Ian Kershaws analytical and storytelling gifts on dazzling display. From May 1940 to December 1941, the leaders of the worlds six major powers made a series of related decisions that determined the final outcome of World War II and shaped the course of human destiny. As the author examines the connected stories of these profound choices, he restores a sense of drama and contingency to this pivotal moment, producing one of the freshest, most important books on World War II in yearsone with powerful contemporary relevance.

Book details

List price: $30.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/27/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 5.52" wide x 8.42" long x 1.61" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Ian Kershaw is professor of modern history at the University of Sheffield.



List of Illustrations


List of Maps


Acknowledgements


Dramatis Personae


Forethoughts



London, Spring 1940: Great Britain Decides to Fight On



Berlin, Summer and Autumn 1940: Hitler Decides to Attack the Soviet Union



Tokyo, Summer and Autumn 1940: Japan Decides to Seize the 'Golden Opportunity'



Rome, Summer and Autumn 1940: Mussolini Decides to Grab His Share



Washington, DC, Summer 1940-Spring 1941: Roosevelt Decides to Lend a Hand



Moscow, Spring-Summer 1941: Stalin Decides He Knows Best



Washington, DC, Summer-Autumn 1941: Roosevelt Decides to Wage Undeclared War



Tokyo, Autumn 1941: Japan Decides to Go to War



Berlin, Autumn 1941: Hitler Decides to Declare War on the United States



Berlin/East Prussia, Summer-Autumn 1941: Hitler Decides to Kill the Jews


Afterthoughts


Notes


List of Works Cited


Index