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Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940-1941
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5311
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Penguin Press HC, The
Manufacturer: Penguin Press HC, The
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 656
Publication Date: May 31, 2007
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
Release Date: May 31, 2007
Studio: Penguin Press HC, The
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Rating:  - Very well researched. An excellent read.
Ian Kershaw's book is an elegantly-written masterful work of history but rather dense at some points and more of an academic nature than an easy read. In "Fateful Choices" Kershaw cast a critical eye over ten decisions taken during a 19-month period at the beginning of the Second World War that, according to Kershaw, determined not just the outcome of the war but also (in good part) the structure of the post-war world.
The ten Fateful Choices that comprise Kershaw's work are:
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Rating:  - Delivers less than Promises
This book which promises much in the way of revelation, delivers, in the end, a pretty standard "victors" version of the crucial turning points in 1940-41 decision making.
Churchill might have "junped at the chance" of a compromise peace with the offer of territorial compensation to Germany. This is an interesting discovery and as such gives you something to throw in the balance against the canned "Finest Hour" (registered trademark)of Churchill's invention.
Japan's leadership ... Read More
Rating: - Worth Reading But Stumbles on the Prose
I was attracted to the theme of the book implied by the Title, to lay out the circumstances resulting in decisions for war made by major world leaders during 1940-41. I was very satisfied by the way the book was structured,the quality of the material presented and some thought-provoking,well-supported conclusions - that the decisions reached were not pre-ordained, that the decion-makers were influenced by very different decision-making contexts, and others. I also enjoyed the British perspective on the ... Read More
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