| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
x, 522 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: Great Britain : Simon & Schuster UK, 2009. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [497]-500) and index. |
| Contents |
To hell and back -- A world in flames -- Murder and mayhem -- Fleeing for their lives -- The last days of the Reich -- Revenge -- The beginning of occupation -- The loss of the East -- Societies of the uprooted -- Visions of a new world -- The Great Disorder -- Paying for war and peace -- Life after death. |
| Summary |
A chronicle of Germany's transformation during a pivotal year describes the devastation from the war's final battles, the death marches and acts of vengeance suffered by ordinary citizens, and the first postwar year's burgeoning social, economic, and political cultures. |
| Subject |
Germany -- History -- 1945-1955.
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
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Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany.
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| ISBN |
9780060540364 hardback $28.99 |
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0060540362 hardback $28.99 |
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