{"product_id":"2940170661886","title":"The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War","description":"The Second World War lasted for 2,174 days, cost $1.5 trillion, and claimed the lives of more than 50 million people. What were the factors that affected the war's outcome? Why did the Axis lose? And could they, with a different strategy, have won? Andrew Roberts's acclaimed new history has been hailed as the finest single-volume account of this epic conflict. From the western front to North Africa, from the Baltic to the Far East, he tells the story of the war-the grand strategy and the individual experience, the cruelty and the heroism-as never before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn researching this magnificently vivid history, Roberts walked many of the key battlefields and wartimes sites in Russia, France, Italy, Germany, and the Far East, and drew on a number of never-before-published documents, such as a letter from Hitler's director of military operations explaining the reasoning behind the Führer's order to halt the Panzers outside Dunkirk-a delay that enabled British forces to evacuate. Roberts illuminates the principal actors on both sides and analyzes how they reached critical decisions. He also presents the tales of many little-known individuals whose experiences form a panoply of the extraordinary courage and self-sacrifice, as well as the terrible depravity and cruelty, of the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeticulously researched and masterfully written, \u003ci\u003eThe Storm of War\u003c\/i\u003e gives a dramatic account of this momentous event and shows in remarkable detail why the war took the course it did.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47160910971120,"sku":"2940170661886","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170661886_p0.jpg?v=1763808648","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170661886","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}