"The Penguin History of Europe series reaches the twentieth century with ... Ian Kershaw's long-anticipated analysis of the pivotal years of World War I and World War II. The European catastrophe, the long continuous period from 1914 to 1949, was unprecedented in human history-- an extraordinarily dramatic, often traumatic, and endlessly fascinating period of upheaval and transformation. This new volume in the ... series offers comprehensive coverage...

"The final chapter in the Penguin History of Europe series from the acclaimed scholar and author of To Hell and Back. After the overwhelming horrors of the first half of the twentieth century, described by Ian Kershaw in his previous book as being 'to Hell and back,' the years from 1950 to 2017 brought peace and relative prosperity to most of Europe. Enormous economic improvements transformed the continent. The catastrophic era of the world wars receded...

¿Qué hubiera pasado si Hitler hubiera encarado su guerra sin el objetivo de exterminar la población judía europea? Hitler decide atacar la Unión Soviética, Japón decide aprovechar la «Oportunidad Dorada», Mussolini decide quedarse con su parte del botín, Roosevelt decide ayudar a Gran Bretaña, Stalin decide confiar en Hitler, Roosevelt decide entrar en guerra sin una declaración formal, Japón decide entrar en guerra, Hitler decide declarar...