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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Penguin, 2008.Description: xxiv, [624] p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0143113720 (pbk.) :
  • 9780143113720 (pbk.) :
Other title:
  • Ten decisions that changed the world, 1940-1941
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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.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The newest immensely original undertaking from the historian who gave us the defining two-volume portrait of Hitler, Fateful Choices puts Ian Kershaw's analytical and storytelling gifts on dazzling display. From May 1940 to December 1941, the leaders of the world's 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 years' one with powerful contemporary relevance.

First published: Great Britain : Allen Lane, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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