{"product_id":"the-german-war-a-nation-under-arms-1939-1945-paperback","title":"The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas Stargardt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking history of what drove the Germans to fight -- and keep fighting -- for a lost cause in World War II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe German War\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed historian Nicholas Stargardt draws on an extraordinary range of firsthand testimony -- personal diaries, court records, and military correspondence -- to explore how the German people experienced the Second World War. \u003cbr\u003eWhen 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 the Germans thought they were fighting? How did the changing course of the conflict -- the victories of the \u003ci\u003eBlitzkrieg\u003c\/i\u003e, the first defeats in the east, the bombing of German cities -- alter their views and expectations? And when did Germans first realize they were fighting a genocidal war?\u003cbr\u003eTold from the perspective of those who lived through it -- soldiers, schoolteachers, and housewives; Nazis, Christians, and Jews -- this masterful historical narrative sheds fresh and disturbing light on the beliefs and fears of a people who embarked on and fought to the end a brutal war of conquest and genocide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Stargardt\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Britain's foremost scholars of Nazi Germany. He is a professor of modern European history at Magdalen College, Oxford, and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. The author of \u003ci\u003eWitnesses of War: Children's Lives Under the Nazis\u003c\/i\u003e, Stargardt lives in Oxford, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 768\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756030525728,"sku":"9780465094899","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e61e8a642c32c585afde179a8f2f7b4f.webp?v=1780072982","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-german-war-a-nation-under-arms-1939-1945-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}