1939: Countdown to War

Leading historian Richard Overy re-creates the final hours of peace in Europe.

The Washington Post - Jonathan Yardley

…exceptionally lucid, concise and authoritative…

Richard Overy is a professor of history at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. His many books on European history include The Twilight Years: The Paradox of Britain Between the Wars, Why the Allies Won, Russia's War, and The Dictators: Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia, winner of the Wolfson Prize for History.