1939: A People's History
by Frederick Taylor
Buy on AmazonThe intimacy of its day-by-day investigation of what led up to World War II gave me an entirely new perspective on how the war came about.
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"The intimacy of its day-by-day investigation of what led up to World War II gave me an entirely new perspective on how the war came about."
By the Book: Bill Bratton · nytimes.com