To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949

<''Superb ... likely to become a classic'' Observer

In the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent''s politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to recover from. The disaster terrified its survivors, shocked that a civilization that had blandly assumed itself to be a model for the rest of the world had collapsed into a chaotic savagery beyond any comparison. In 1939 Europeans would initiate a second conflict that managed to be even worse - a war in which the killing of civilians was central and which culminated in the Holocaust.

To Hell and Back tells this story with humanity, flair and originality. Kershaw gives a compelling narrative of events, but he also wrestles with the most difficult issues that the events raise - with what it meant for the Europeans who initiated and lived through such fearful times - and what this means for us.<>

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A great achievement ... There could hardly be a more judicious guide to this bloody terrain ... a stark lesson in man's capacity for evil Dominic Sandbrook The Sunday Times

Product details

• Authors: Ian Kershaw
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.06.2016
• EAN: 9780141980430
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198043-0
• No. of pages: 592
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 28 mm
• Series: PENGUIN PRESS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History; Europe, First World War, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Second World War, c 1910 to c 1919, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949