{"product_id":"9780143120063","title":"1939: Countdown to War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Overy's book is easily the best account of Europe's descent into...death and destruction.\" —\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e(London)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliantly concise narrative of the days leading to the outbreak of history's greatest conflagration, \u003ci\u003e1939\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers hour by hour through the nail-biting decisions that determined the fate of millions. Richard Overy, a leading historian of the period, masterfully recreates the jockeying for advantage that set Europe's greatest powers on a collision course. Would Stalin join Hitler in a bid to divide Poland and flout the West? Would Britain and France succeed in forcing Germany to reason? And how far would a defiant Poland push its claim to exist? In the summer of 1939, the course of events was anything but assured, as this exceptionally absorbing book drives home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047334297840,"sku":"9780143120063","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780143120063_p0.jpg?v=1769914351","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780143120063","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}