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