Description: Please read item description POISONED PEACE 1945 – THE WAR THAT NEVER ENDED (GREGOR DALLAS) This book is a landmark. Illuminating, dramatic, compellingly readable, it recreates the terrible events in Europe in 1944 and 1945 while at the same time showing how the way in which the war was fought, and in particular the way it ended, helped for the world we now inhabit. Unlike the Napoleonic Wars, and the First World War, there was no peace settlement in 1945. The shape of Europe was determined entirely by military force, dividing it into two halves which corresponded to neither geography, culture nor previous history. From the D-Day landings to the collapse of Berlin, military movements were more and more dominated by separate national ambitions. And the Yalta and Potsdam conferences were more recognitions of a fait accompli than agreements on the terms of peace. With Gregor Dallas we re-live the vast events of the end of the war years in the experience of real people. The Birth of the Present opens in Berlin on the day of Hitler's suicide, where life, such as it existed, continued on the roofs, in the attics, in the streets, ruins and cellars of the city. We live too with the armies in the field, their movements determined by the cycle of seasons, and with civilians, particularly in booming wartime Washington, bombed London, liberated Paris, annihilated Warsaw, doomed Berlin, and Moscow gripped by poverty and secret terror. The Second World War was one of the greatest disasters of all European history; the real peace has yet to be made, the wounds yet to be healed. Non-UK buyers please note this book will be posted through eBay's Global Shipping Programme and will, therefore, unable to be combined with other purchases. This 2005 1st edition hardback publication is in very good overall condition. The pages are tightly bound and are free from tears, creases, and significant marks. The dustjacket displays minimal rubbing and only light knocks to the edges and corners (see photograph). The book runs to an impressive 739 pages (23.5cm x 15cm) is well indexed, includes a substantial notes section and has an additional 24 pages of photographs.
Price: 9.75 GBP
Location: Malton, North Yorkshire
End Time: 2023-09-10T12:41:08.000Z
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Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Country/ Organization: Germany
Theme: Militaria
Type: Books
Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
Service: Home Front/ Civil Defence
Era: 1914-1945
