TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR AND EDITOR'S CHOICE 2015
BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015
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.
- ISBN10 0713990899
- ISBN13 9780713990898
- Publish Date 24 September 2015
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 August 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Allen Lane
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 624
- Language English