# To Hell and Back

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- Authors: [Ian Kershaw](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-kershaw)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2015-09-24
- Genres: History, European history

## Description

'Superb ... likely to become a classic' Observer In the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to recover from. The disaster terrified its survivors, shocked that a civilization that had blandly assumed itself to be a model for the rest of the world had collapsed into a chaotic savagery beyond any comparison. In 1939 Europeans would initiate a second conflict that managed to be even worse - a war in which the killing of civilians was central and which culminated in the Holocaust. To Hell and Back tells this story with humanity, flair and originality. Kershaw gives a compelling narrative of events, but he also wrestles with the most difficult issues that the events raise - with what it meant for the Europeans who initiated and lived through such fearful times - and what this means for us.

## Editions

### To Hell and Back

- Publisher: Penguin Books
- ISBN: 978-01-4310-992-1
- Pages: 640
- Published: 2016-11-15
- Language: en_US

### To Hell and Back

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4198-043-0
- Pages: 624
- Published: 2016-06-02
- Language: en_GB

### To Hell and Back

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-4118-715-9
- Published: 2015-09-24
- Language: en_GB

## This book in other languages

- [Do pekel a zpět: Evropa 1914-1949](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-kershaw/cs/do-pekel-a-zpet-evropa-1914-1949) (cs_CZ)
- [Descenso a los infiernos](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-kershaw/es/descenso-a-los-infiernos) (es_ES)
- [Do piekła i z powrotem. Europa 1914–1949](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-kershaw/pl/do-piekla-i-z-powrotem-europa-1914-1949) (pl_PL)
- [À Beira do Abismo](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-kershaw/pt/a-beira-do-abismo) (pt_PT)