Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany's March to Global War

Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany's March to Global War

Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany's March to Global War

Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany's March to Global War

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Overview

A riveting 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

By 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.

Hitler’s American Gamble 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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781541619098
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 11/16/2021
Pages: 528
Sales rank: 396,571
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Brendan Simms is a professor in the history of international relations and fellow at Cambridge. He is the author of many books, including Europe and Hitler. He lives in Cambridge, UK.

Charlie Laderman is a senior lecturer in international history in the war studies department at King’s College, London. He is the author of books on US-UK foreign policy, including Sharing the Burden. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

List of Time Zones vii

Preface ix

1 Origins: Anglo-American Hegemony and its Enemies 1

2 The Worlds of December 6, 1941 47

3 Sunday, December 7, 1941 87

4 Monday, December 8, 1941 145

5 Tuesday, December 9, 1941 207

6 Wednesday, December 10, 1941 257

7 Thursday, December 11, 1941 313

8 The World of December 12, 1941 357

Acknowledgments 401

Abbreviations 403

Notes 407

Index 487

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