To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949
To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949
English | 24 September 2015 | ASIN: B013VOVQR2 | M4B@62 kbps | 24h 6m | 656.79 MB
Author: Ian Kershaw
Narrator: Leighton Pugh
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.
