イアン・カーショー『地獄の淵から：ヨ－ロッパ史1914-1949』(原書) To Hell and Back : Europe, 1914-1949

Kershaw, Ian

Penguin Books Ltd（2016/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 624 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780141980430
• DDC分類 940.5

Full Description

'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.