{"product_id":"1939-countdown-to-war-9780143120063","title":"1939: Countdown to War","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Overy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Wars \u0026amp; Conflicts - World War II - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Overy's book is easily the best account of Europe's descent into...death and destruction.\" --\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliantly concise narrative of the days leading to the outbreak of history's greatest conflagration, \u003ci\u003e1939\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers hour by hour through the nail-biting decisions that determined the fate of millions. Richard Overy, a leading historian of the period, masterfully recreates the jockeying for advantage that set Europe's greatest powers on a collision course. Would Stalin join Hitler in a bid to divide Poland and flout the West? Would Britain and France succeed in forcing Germany to reason? And how far would a defiant Poland push its claim to exist? In the summer of 1939, the course of events was anything but assured, as this exceptionally absorbing book drives home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408458408087,"sku":"9780143120063","price":1973.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780143120063.webp?v=1767309941","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/1939-countdown-to-war-9780143120063","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}