The German War A Nation Under Arms, 1939 45

Nicholas Stargardt 지음

Random House 2015년 09월 03일 출간

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WINNER OF THE 2016 PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE The Second World War was a German war like no other. The Nazi regime, having started the conflict, turned it into the most horrific war in European history, resorting to genocidal methods well before building the first gas chambers. Over its course, the Third Reich expended and exhausted all its moral and physical reserves, leading to total defeat in 1945. Yet 70 years on ？？ despite whole libraries of books about the war？？s origins, course and atrocities ？？ we still do not know what Germans thought they were fighting for and how they experienced and sustained the war until the bitter end.When war broke out in September 1939, it was deeply unpopular in Germany. Yet without the active participation and commitment of the German people, it could not have continued for almost six years. What, then, was the war Germans thought they were fighting? How did the changing course of the conflict ？？ the victories of the Blitzkrieg, the first defeats in the east, the bombing of Germany？？s cities ？？ change their views and expectations? And when did Germans first realise that they were fighting a genocidal war?Drawing on a wealth of first-hand testimony, The German War is the first foray for many decades into how the German people experienced the Second World War. Told from the perspective of those who lived through it ？？ soldiers, schoolteachers and housewives; Nazis, Christians and Jews ？？ its masterful historical narrative sheds fresh and disturbing light on the beliefs, hopes and fears of a people who embarked on, continued and fought to the end a brutal war of conquest and genocide.

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"A gripping new book？？o write like this requires a rare sensitivity and psychological sophistication coupled with a degree of fearlessness？？targardt impresses not only as a cultural historian. He also has an impressively strong grasp on the military narrative of the war. And this is indispensable？？targardt has given us a truly profound piece of history"

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저자(글) Nicholas Stargardt