{"product_id":"hitlers-american-gamble-brendan-simms-9781541619104","title":"Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany's March to Global War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \"absorbing\" and \"visceral\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) account of the five most crucial days in twentieth-century diplomatic history: from Pearl Harbor to Hitler's declaration of war on the United States\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy early December 1941, war had changed much of the world beyond recognition. Nazi Germany occupied most of the European continent, while in Asia, the Second Sino-Japanese War had turned China into a battleground. But these conflicts were not yet inextricably linked--and the United States remained at peace.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHitler's American Gamble\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the five days that upended everything: December 7 to 11. Tracing developments in real time and backed by deep archival research, historians Brendan Simms and Charlie Laderman show how Hitler's intervention was not the inexplicable decision of a man so bloodthirsty that he forgot all strategy, but a calculated risk that can only be understood in a truly global context. This book reveals how December 11, not Pearl Harbor, was the real watershed that created a world war and transformed international history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brendan Simms, Charlie Laderman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541619102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541619104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.40d","brand":"Brendan Simms","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080076751103,"sku":"9781541619104","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8bdb3b93-e7a2-4a2c-bbfc-a4093eae3b10.jpg?v=1685484811","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hitlers-american-gamble-brendan-simms-9781541619104","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}