1944 : FDR and the year that changed history / Jay Winik.
"The best-selling author of April 1865 chronicles the events of 1944 to reveal how the Allies nearly lost World War II, citing the pivotal contributions of FDR, Churchill and Stalin." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781439114087
- ISBN: 1439114080
- ISBN: 9781501125362
- Physical Description: xiii, 639 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2015]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prelude: The sphinx -- Part I. Spring 1944: everything all at once -- Tehran -- "I want to sleep and sleep twelve hours a day." -- Escape -- Escape, part two -- "This is the year 1944" -- "Could we be granted victory this year, 1944?" -- Part II. The road to 1944 -- Beginnings -- Mills of the gods -- Giant cemeteries -- Riegner -- 1943 -- "The acquiescence of this government in the murder of Jews" -- Part III. The fateful decision -- Trapped between knowing and not knowing -- The wind and the silence -- Part IV. 1945 -- Reckoning. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison-Mayodan Public Library | 940.537 W (Text) | 31554009959825 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Reidsville Library | 940.537 W (Text) | 31554009959833 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Stoneville Library | 940.537 W (Text) | 31554009959841 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
