02068cam a2200325 i 4500 296103650 TxAuBib 20151210120000.0 151002s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2015039750 9780465018994 0465018998 eng rda TxAuBib rda Stargardt, Nicholas. The German war [BOOK] : a nation under arms, 1939-1945 : citizens and soldiers / Nicholas Stargardt. New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015] xxviii, 704 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 639-681) and index. Defending the attack. Unwelcome war ; Closing ranks ; Extreme measures -- Masters of Europe. Breaking out ; Winners and losers -- The shadow of 1812. German Crusade ; The first defeat -- Stalemate. The shared secret ; Scouring Europe ; Writing to the dead -- The war comes home. Bombing and retaliation ; 'Holding out' ; Borrowed time -- Total defeat. Digging in ; Collapse ; Finale -- Crossing the abyss. "Drawing on a wealth of first-hand testimony, the German War is the first foray for many decades into how the German people experienced the Second World War. Told from the perspective of those who lived through it-- soldiers, school-teachers and housewives; Nazis, Christians and Jews-- its masterful historical narrative sheds fresh and disturbing light on the beliefs, hopes, and fears of people who embarked on, continued, and fought to the end, a brutal war of conquest and genocide". 20151210. World War, 1939-1945 Germany. World War, 1939-1945 Social aspects Germany. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns. World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, German. Personal narratives.