Fateful choices : ten decisions that changed the world, 1940-1941 / Ian Kershaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kershaw, Ian

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Causes.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.

Diplomatic history.

Physical Description:

xxv, 623 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin Press, 2007.

Summary:

A spellbinding re-creation of a dramatic sequence of ten decisions made by the leaders of the worlds six major powers--Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Mussolini, and Tojo--in the 19 months between May 1940 and December 1941 that reshaped human destiny.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 576-596) and index.

ISBN:

9781594201233

1594201234

OCLC:

77522737