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April 1945 - The Hinge of History (Hardcover)
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April 1945 - The Hinge of History (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R515
Discovery Miles 5 150
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Acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author Craig
Shirley delivers a compelling account of 1945, particularly the
watershed events in the month of April, that details how America
emerged from World War II as a leading superpower. In the
long-awaited follow-up to the widely praised December 1941,Craig
Shirley's April 1945 paints a vivid portrait of America--her
people, faith, economy, government, and culture. The year of 1945
bought a series of watershed events that transformed the country
into an arsenal of democracy, one that no longer armed the world by
necessity but henceforth protected the world by need. At the start
of 1945, America and the rest of the world were grieving millions
of lives lost in the global conflict. As President Roosevelt was
sworn into his fourth term, optimism over an end to the bloody war
had grown--then, in April, several events collided that changed the
face of the world forever: the sudden death of President Roosevelt
followed by Harry S. Truman's rise to office; Adolph Hitler's
suicide; and the horrific discoveries of Dachau and Auschwitz.
Americans doubled down on their completion of the atomic bomb and
their plans to drop them on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the destruction
ultimately leading the Japanese Empire to surrender on V-J day and
ending World War II for good. Combining engaging anecdotes with
deft research and details that are both diminutive and grand, April
1945 gives readers a front-row seat to the American stage at the
birth of a brand-new world.
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