To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949
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.
Críticas
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
A triumph … one of a tiny handful of historians whose books will still be read in 100 years — Laurence Rees ― The Mail on Sunday
Chilling epic-size history … should be required reading — Harold Evans ― The New York Times
The story of how the Old World plunged toward hell for 30 years … There is no man better qualified than Kershaw to take us through the dark valleys of the world wars and the two sombre
intervening decades … fair-minded, deeply researched and highly readable — Brendan Simms ― Wall Street Journal
AUTOR: IAN KERSHAW
