On Borrowed Time: How World War II Began

Acknowledgments

1 Aide-mémoire. Incident at Eger; Prophets of Armageddon; The antipathetic alliance

2 The road to Prague. "How long will this burlesque last?"; "Don't you see?...It's the German insurance companies that will have to pay!"; Hitler over Bohemia

3 Warsaw or Moscow? The Führer is sick; The panic pact; Hitler briefs his generals; The conspirators are worried; "You must think we are nitwits & nincompoops!"; Slow boat to Leningrad

4 Moment of truth. The walrus; Stalin makes up his mind; Hitler takes a hand; Ribbentrop's hour of triumph

5 The sands run out. Mussolini reneges; The indefatigable Swede; Operation "Canned Goods"

6 World War II. Common action or another conference?; At last

Epilogue

Sources

Notes

Index

Maps

• Author
• Leonard Mosley

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 527

• Publisher
• Random House, Inc.

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780394439105

• Genres
• history, politics, war

• Release date
• 1969