{"product_id":"1939-countdown-to-war","title":"1939: Countdown to War","description":"\"Overy's book is easily the best account of Europe's descent into...death and destruction.\" --Evening Standard (London)A brilliantly concise narrative of the days leading to the outbreak of history's greatest conflagration, 1939 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.","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51436783927643,"sku":"9780143120063","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0048\/8207\/1652\/files\/9780143120063_1-1939-countdown-to-war.jpg?v=1759303996","url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/1939-countdown-to-war","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}