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In the summer season of 1914 so much of Europe plunged right into a struggle so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and ideology in a manner that took generations to get over. The catastrophe terrified its survivors, surprised civilization that had blandly assumed itself to be a version for the remainder of the realm had collapsed right into a chaotic savagery past any comparability. In 1939 Europeans may start up a moment clash that controlled to be even worse - a conflict within which the killing of civilians used to be principal and which culminated within the Holocaust.
To Hell and again tells this tale with humanity, aptitude and originality. Kershaw provides a compelling narrative of occasions, yet he additionally wrestles with the main tough concerns that the occasions elevate - with what it intended for the Europeans who initiated and lived via such apprehensive instances - and what this suggests for us.
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