{"product_id":"9780794839420","title":"Politics, War, and Personality: Fifty Iconic World War II Documents That Changed the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the best-selling author of \u003cb\u003eWorld War II: Saving the Reality \u003c\/b\u003ecomes a new book that gathers 50 of the most important and iconic documents of the biggest war in human history. Kenneth W. Rendell tells the dramatic stories of these history-drenched documents, each one part of his outstanding collection in the Museum of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside you'll find:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hand-written letter by Benito Mussolini, around 1908: \"Life in this semi-wild village of my birth is beginning to weigh on me, and to get away from it I got an idea. . . .\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 1933 order by which Hindenburg gave in to Adolf Hitler's demands- leading to what would be the last elections held in Weimar Germany. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA program outlining the Nazi Party's original platform, with a colored sketch by Hitler. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFranklin Roosevelt's letter to the people of France after their defeat by Germany. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first urgent message sent during the Japanese attack in 1941: \"Air raid on Pearl Harbor X This is no drill.\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJapan's declaration of war against the United States. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA poignant letter from General Dwight Eisenhower to his wife-the most revealing letter of a commander-in-chief in wartime. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA letter from Winston Churchill to Josef Stalin, deciding the fate of Poland. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe communiqué signed by Eisenhower, announcing the D-Day landings on the northern coast of France. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA letter from General George S. Patton, describing the Battle of the Bulge-as it was happening. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA note from Oscar Schindler, who saved Polish Jews by putting them on his list of \"factory workers\"-\"Mrs. Kellner is to be considered a Swedish citizen and is to be exempted from bearing the distinctive Jewish sign.\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHitler's order of March 30, 1945, one month before his suicide, ordering the fanatical defense of Berlin. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA letter from Franklin Roosevelt, five days before his death, writing of \"complete victory over our enemies.\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneral MacArthur's draft of the surrender terms for Japan. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHermann Goering's detention report from Nuremberg. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetters from Anne Frank's father and aunt after the war. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA letter from Harry Truman, 1957, explaining the necessity of dropping the atomic bombs. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand many more historic and profoundly important documents \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ken Rendell-master collector, literary sleuth, and historian-has given us a book that I will long treasure and restudy. Thousands of others will do the same.\"  \u003cb\u003e- John S.D. Eisenhower (retired ambassador, U.S. Army brigadier general, son of Dwight D. Eisenhower)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Whitman Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030039052528,"sku":"9780794839420","price":20.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780794839420_p0.jpg?v=1763666527","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780794839420","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}