1939: The World We Left Behind by Robert Kee (English) Paperback Book

Description: 1939 by Robert Kee The way we see things now is not always how they looked at the time. Robert Kee explores life in the calm before the storm of 1939. Did the people of Britain see war coming? Or did the world change overnight, from stability to deadly conflict? FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description History is based on choices, not truth.The way we see things now is not always how they looked at the time. The task Robert Kee set himself in his chronicle of 1939 was to cut across the demarcation lines of history, to capture the way people perceived the events of the time as they unfolded.Turning to the newspapers of the day, Kee revives for us a world in which the Second World War is not yet a certainty - a world which still has countless other concerns which have not yet been dwarfed into insignificance by the European emergency - a world in which Chamberlain is still to many a credible leader, and Churchill and Roosevelt, though giants in waiting, are less than monumental.In this thrilling account Kee explores life in the calm before the storm of 1939. Did the people of Britain see war coming? Or did the world change overnight, from stability to deadly conflict? Praise for 1939: The World We Left Behind: Authentic, absorbing ... and worth any number of conventional histories - The TimesRobert Kee, born in 1919, sat for his Oxford History degree in the summer of 1940, when France was falling. He joined the RAF the day after taking his last paper, became a bomber pilot, and was shot down and taken prisoner in 1942. After the war he began his journalistic career on Picture Post. He has worked for more than thirty years in radio and television, for both the BBC and ITV. He won the BAFTA Richard Dimbleby Award in 1976. Author Biography Robert Kee, born in 1919, sat for his Oxford History degree in the summer of 1940, when France was falling. He joined the RAF the day after taking his last paper, became a bomber pilot, and was shot down and taken prisoner in 1942. After the war he began his journalistic career on Picture Post. He has worked for more than thirty years in radio and television, for both the BBC and ITV. He won the BAFTA Richard Dimbleby Award in 1976. Review Authentic, absorbing ... and worth any number of conventional histories - The Times Review Quote Authentic, absorbing ... and worth any number of conventional histories - The Times Details ISBN1839014016 Pages 390 Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1839014016 ISBN-13 9781839014017 Format Paperback Publication Date 2021-05-20 UK Release Date 2021-05-20 Author Robert Kee Publisher Lume Books Series Second World War Imprint Lume Books Subtitle The World We Left Behind Series Number 1 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132875667;

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