{"product_id":"1942-when-world-war-ii-engulfed-the-globe-hardcover","title":"1942: When World War II Engulfed the Globe - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Fritzsche\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA penetrating history of the year World War II became a global conflict and humankind confronted both destruction and deliverance on a planetary scale, \"offering an intriguing perspective on a world at war\" (Richard Overy, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBlood and Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By the end of the Second World War, more than seventy million people across the globe had been killed, most of them civilians. Cities from Warsaw to Tokyo lay in ruins, and fully half of the world's two billion people had been mobilized, enslaved, or displaced. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003e1942\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Peter Fritzsche offers a gripping, ground-level portrait of the decisive year when World War II escalated to global catastrophe. With the United States joining the fight following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, all the world's great powers were at war. The debris of ships sunk by Nazi submarines littered US beaches, Germans marauded in North Africa, and the Japanese swept through the Pacific. Military battles from Singapore to Stalingrad riveted the world. But so, too, did dramas on the war's home fronts: battles against colonial overlords, assaults on internal \"enemies,\" massive labor migrations, endless columns of refugees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With an eye for detail and an eye on the big story, Fritzsche takes us from shipyards on San Francisco Bay to townships in Johannesburg to street corners in Calcutta to reveal the moral and existential drama of a people's war filled with promise and terror.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Fritzsche\u003c\/b\u003e is the W. D. \u0026amp; Sarah E. Trowbridge Professor of History at the University of Illinois and the author of eleven previous books, including \u003ci\u003eHitler's First Hundred Days \u003c\/i\u003eand the award-winning \u003ci\u003eLife and Death in the Third Reich\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Urbana, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.74 x 9.44 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978257367341,"sku":"9781541603219","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/VaRrokNfLQ9781541603219.webp?v=1775801297","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/1942-when-world-war-ii-engulfed-the-globe-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}