Blood and Ruins. The Great Imperial War 1931-1945
Ричард Овери
| Издательство: | Penguin |
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ISBN: 9780713995626
Год издания: 2021
Язык: Английский
JOSEF JOFFE, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
"Putin has proved the experts wrong. Still, let's praise Overy's stupendous achievement. Anybody interested in the why and how of boundless violence in the 20th century should make space for Blood and Ruins on his or her shelf. It will help you to grasp and revisit the carnage of 1931-45 as the largest event in human history. No continent, no ocean was spared, and Overy deftly weaves all the subplots into one planetary tapestry of merciless ideology and industrialized extermination. This book is not Eurocentric, but truly geocentric ... Blood and Ruins dissects the sinews of war with the sharpest of scalpels. With myriad facts, it is not for the night stand, where it must compete with Netflix. But it is history at its best, down to the finest points culled from a dozen archives around the world ... While watching the talking heads on CNN, keep this masterly work by your side."
