{"product_id":"the-nazi-menace-hitler-churchill-roosevelt-stalin-and-the-road-to-war","title":"The Nazi Menace: Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Road to War","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Benjamin Carter Hett\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“[World War II's] proximate origins are the subject of Benjamin Carter Hett’s fast-moving, absorbing and aptly titled \u003cem\u003eThe Nazi Menace\u003c\/em\u003e…Thanks to the author’s knack for the capsule biography, we gain fascinating insights into less obvious figures, among them Hugh Dowding, an eccentric and canny architect of Britain’s air defense network; Ernst von Weizsäcker, a senior German diplomat torn between his opposition to a general war and his support for German expansion; and Dorothy Thompson, the ferociously anti-Nazi American columnist and radio broadcaster.” ­­―\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA panoramic narrative of the years leading up to the Second World War―a tale of democratic crisis, racial conflict, and a belated recognition of evil, with profound resonance for our own time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBerlin, November 1937. Adolf Hitler meets with his military commanders to impress upon them the urgent necessity for a war of aggression in eastern Europe. Some generals are unnerved by the Führer’s grandiose plan, but these dissenters are silenced one by one, setting in motion events that will culminate in the most calamitous war in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Carter Hett takes us behind the scenes in Berlin, London, Moscow, and Washington, revealing the unsettled politics within each country in the wake of the German dictator’s growing provocations. He reveals the fitful path by which anti-Nazi forces inside and outside Germany came to understand Hitler’s true menace to European civilization and learned to oppose him, painting a sweeping portrait of governments under siege, as larger-than-life figures struggled to turn events to their advantage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e416 pages\u003cbr\u003eSt. Martin’s Griffin, 2021\u003cbr\u003e5.99 x 0.96 x 8.99 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781250798763\u003cbr\u003eGerman History, World War II\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51443024691368,"sku":"9781250798763","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/files\/The_Nazi_Menace_Hitler_Churchill_Roosevelt_Stalin_and_The_Road_to_War_by_Benjamin_Carter_Hett.jpg?v=1739298528","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/the-nazi-menace-hitler-churchill-roosevelt-stalin-and-the-road-to-war","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}