FDR nodded and Kennedy pulled up his pants and went out of the door, leaving the President chuckling. Not long afterwards he returned with the permission he had promised to obtain. 18 It is said that President Roosevelt appointed Joe ...
In this dramatic account of the last days of peace in 1939, Richard Overy re-creates hour by hour the unfolding story in the capitals of Europe as politicians and the public braced themselves for a war that they feared might spell the end ...
This book is a day-by-day chronicle of 1939 Hollywood's greatest year.
Hollywood's Greatest Year Thomas S. Hischak. Published by Rowman & Littlefield A ... British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Hischak, Thomas S. author.
358—3 59. 75. Litvinov (Geneva) to Narkomindel, Sept. 15, 193 8, DIMS, pp. 213—214. 76. Fierlinger to Czech foreign ministry, Sept. 19, 1 9 3 8, DIMS, p. 236. 77. Coulondre, nos. 694—696, Sept. 17, 193 8, DDF, 2°, XI, 278-279. 78.
54 D. Dutton, Simon: A Political Biography of Sir John Simon (London, 1992), pp. 280-81; Halifax papers, A4.410.3/10 (iii), 'Record of Events before the War', p. 5. 55 Dutton, Simon, pp. 281-2; Halifax papers, A4.410.3/10 (iii), ...
In the autumn of 1938, Europe believed in the promise of peace. Still reeling from the ravages of the Great War, its people were desperate to rebuild their lives in...
Film critics and historians are virtually unanimous in considering 1939 the greatest year in the history of motion pictures. This one year produced many of the greatest films of all...
46See Peter Hoff, 'Das Bild des Führers in Alle Deutsche Herzen', in Uricchio (ed.), Anfänge des Deutschen Fernsehens, pp. 210f. 47Article by Kurt Wagenführ, quoted in Monika Eisner, Thomas Müller, Peter M. Spangenberg, 'Der Lange Weg ...
A wonderful portrait of British upper-class life in the Season of 1939 - the last before the Second World War.
This title from the De Gruyter Book Archive has been digitized in order to make it available for academic research. It was originally published under National Socialism and has to...
'A gripping analysis of the final days of peace ... indispensable' M. R. D. Foot, The TimesRichard Overy's 1939: Countdown to War re-creates hour-by-hour the last desperate attempts to salvage...