Year Zero A History Of 1945 |
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Author:
| Buruma, Ian |
ISBN: | 978-1-84887-936-2 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
Publisher: | Atlantic Books, Limited
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $49.99 |
Book Description:
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Drawing on hundreds of eye-witness accounts and personal stories, this sweeping book examines the seven months (in Europe) and four months (in Asia) that followed the surrender of the Axis powers, from the fate of Holocaust survivors liberated from the concentration camps, and the formation of the state of Israel, to the civil war in China, and the allied occupation of Japan.
Drawing on hundreds of eye-witness accounts and personal stories, this sweeping book examines the seven months (in Europe) and four months (in Asia) that followed the surrender of the Axis powers, from the fate of Holocaust survivors liberated from the concentration camps, and the formation of the state of Israel, to the civil war in China, and the allied occupation of Japan.