The German War

By Nicholas Stargardt

Subjects: World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Dd256.5 .s7511 2015, World war, 1939-1945--campaigns, Attitudes, German Personal narratives, 943.086/4, World war, 1939-1945--personal narratives, german, World war, 1939-1945--germany, World war, 1939-1945, World war, 1939-1945--social aspects, Germans, World war, 1939-1945, germany, World War, 1939-1945, Causes, New York Times reviewed, Germany, history, 1933-1945, Public opinion, Germany, politics and government, 1933-1945, Military campaigns, World war, 1939-1945--social aspects--germany, War and society, Social conditions, War, Social aspects, History, Campaigns

Description: "Drawing on a wealth of first-hand testimony, the German War is the first foray for many decades into how the German people experienced the Second World War. Told from the perspective of those who lived through it-- soldiers, school-teachers and housewives; Nazis, Christians and Jews-- its masterful historical narrative sheds fresh and disturbing light on the beliefs, hopes, and fears of people who embarked on, continued, and fought to the end, a brutal war of conquest and genocide"--