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...

Examines the events of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

By early December 1941, war and genocide had changed Europe beyond recognition. Nazi Germany had occupied most of the continent and opened concentration camps, while millions of soldiers had died on the front. In Asia, the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War had turned mainland China into a battleground and the Pacific Islands into an armed camp. Still, these far-off conflicts were not yet inextricably linked, and the greatest power the world...

"A Japanese war map, a midget submarine, and evacuation orders are all part of the stor of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. by examining thse and other artifacts, readers feel like they are witnesses t the attack that brought the United States into World War II"--Provided by publisher.

A new history of the British appeasement of the Third Reich on the eve of World War II.