Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World (MP3 Book)
Format: MP3 CD
ISBN:
9781436147477 (1436147476)
Publish date: April 17th 2009
Publisher: Recorded Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
War,
Military,
American History,
France,
World War II,
Canada,
European History,
World History
Series: Modern Scholar
According to Wikipedia.org, this book argues that the conditions imposed on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles did not lead to the rise of Adolf Hitler. I read the book back in 2003 so my memory of its contents is a bit hazy, but I don’t remember that point being made by the book. What I do remembe...
I rarely give out five stars--that's deliberate--but this is so illuminating on a complex topic without being dry, I think it deserves full marks. The book treats of "six months that changed the world"--the Paris Peace Conference that produced the Treaty of Versailles. I was taught in high school th...
This is pretty good - well written, structured, no noticeable weird ideological quirks, good balance of anecdotes and data, etc, etc. On the other hand, the book seems to be more concerned with what's important than what is interesting, at least for my particular interests. There's a great deal abou...
Clear and engaging. The players, the behind the scenes games, the who's who of the political time. It's a good introduction to the time and the consequences of the decisions taken in that faithful years that are still influencing the way our world is, 90 years later. I learned at lot and it gave me ...
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