LEADER 00000nim a22004695a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191126120231.1 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 131001s2010 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781400198672 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1400198674 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ ttm_9781400198672_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT11026525 037 11026525|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 940.53/11|222 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Overy, R. J.,|eauthor. 245 10 1939 :|bcountdown to war|h[Hoopla electronic resource] / |cRichard Overy. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bTantor Audio,|c2010. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (3hr., 30 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by Simon Prebble. 520 On August 24, 1939, the world held its collective breath as Hitler and Stalin signed the now infamous nonaggression pact, signaling an imminent invasion of Poland and daring Western Europe to respond. In this dramatic account of the final days before the outbreak of World War II, award- winning historian Richard Overy vividly chronicles the unraveling of peace, hour by grim hour, as politicians and ordinary citizens brace themselves for a war that could spell the end of European civilization. Nothing was entirely predictable or inevitable. The West hoped that Hitler would see sense if they stood firm. Hitler was convinced the West would back down. Moments of uncertainty alternated with those of confrontation; secret intelligence was used by both sides to support their hopes. The one constant feature was the determination of Poland, a country created only in 1919, to protect its newfound independence against a vastly superior enemy. 1939 documents a defining moment in the violent history of the twentieth century. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xCauses. 651 0 Europe|xHistory|y1918-1945. 651 0 Europe|xPolitics and government|y1918-1945. 700 1 Prebble, Simon,|enarrator. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 11026525?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ ttm_9781400198672_180.jpeg