A European catastrophe that lasted continuously from 1914 to 1949. A time that cannot be compared to anything else in history. A dramatic period in the struggle of nations in two great wars. And a post-war order that did not live up to anyone's expectations.
The award-winning British professor Ian Kershaw in his latest book, 'To Hell and Back. Europe 1914-1949 ”combines an original scientific approach with a suspenseful story. It presents key figures and the violent shocks caused by the war that hit an entire continent and changed the course of European and world history.
What were the causes of this disaster? Why didn't the Allied victory actually end the war? Kershaw answers these and many other questions in the first volume of his book.
Superbly written, full of penetrating and accurate insights, "To Hell and Back" is a fascinating panorama of a key half-century of European history, the effects of which we can still feel today.
Even those who know the story well will find many shocking facts in the pages of this book. They will learn even more from it, for it is not only a catalog of horrors, but also a thorough analysis of their causes.
THE TIMES
Kershaw has created this unbiased, research-driven and accessible book that will be the starting point for anyone who wants to understand the scariest decades of European history.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL