To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949 (The Penguin History of Europe)
by Ian Kershaw
In To Hell and Back, Ian Kershaw chronicles Europe's harrowing path from 1914 to 1949, encompassing two world wars, economic collapse, and the emergence of dictatorships. This authoritative volume in The Penguin History of Europe illuminates the forces that tested the continent to its limits and set the stage for the postwar world.
About This Book
To Hell and Back examines the dramatic changes that reshaped Europe over three and a half decades, beginning with the assassination in Sarajevo that ignited the First World War.
The narrative covers the war's devastating impact, the fragile peace of the interwar years, and the rise of totalitarian regimes that led to an even greater conflict.
Kershaw details the social, political, and economic forces that drove Europe through catastrophe and toward tentative reconstruction in the late 1940s.
As part of The Penguin History of Europe series, this book provides a comprehensive overview of a defining period in modern history.
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