An Iron Wind
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In An Iron Wind, prize-winning historian Peter Fritzsche draws diaries, letters, and other first-person accounts to show how civilians in occupied Europe tried to make sense of World...
Published By Basic Books
Format Paperback
Category
Number Of Pages 384
Publication Date 04/03/2018
ISBN 9781541698826
Dimensions 6 inches x 9.12 inches
A New York Times Notable Book
"A profoundly significant exploration of how Europeans--both Germans and those under German occupation--struggled to make sense of the conflict."—Richard Overy, Wall Street Journal
"A work of deep reflection by an experienced historian."—Timothy Snyder, New York Times Book Review
"Riveting, important...the most bracing and unsparing dissection of the subject to appear in many years."—Christian Science Monitor
"Powerfully written....Fritzsche renders a tremendous service in his portrayal of human beings in wartime."—CHOICE
"A thoroughly worked example of social history at its most valuable. It could serve as a model for studies of our own times."—New York Journal of Books
"Startlingly illuminating....Fritzsche draws on copious diaries, letters, and memoirs to convey the texture of everyday life for French, Polish, and Swiss citizens during World War II...[a] powerful, riveting, wrenching history."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review