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The New York Times bestselling chronicle of the Civil War's final days that will forever change the way we see the war's end and the nation's new beginning. It was a month that could have unravelled the American nation. Instead, it saved it. In April 1865, Jay Winik masterfully breathes new life into the end of a war and the events we only thought we knew. This gripping, panoramic narrative takes readers on a breathless ride through these tumultuous thirty days, showing that the nation's future rested on a few crucial decisions and twists of fate. Here is Richmond's dramatic fall, Lee's harrowing retreat, and the intense debate in Confederate circles over unleashing guerrilla warfare. Here, too, is the rebel surrender at Appomattox, Lincoln's assassination five days later, and the ensuing fears of chaos and a coup, the shaky transfer of presidential power, and finally the start of national reconciliation. Outsized characters stalk through sweeping events in Winik's brilliant narrative, transforming a seeming epilogue to a great war into a central栮d saving欯ment in American history, firmly placing April 1865 in the same pantheon as 1492 and 1776.

It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast imperial power, and France plunged into revolution. But in contrast to the way conventional histories tell it, none of these remarkable events occurred in isolation.Now, for the first time, acclaimed historian Jay Winik masterfully illuminates how their fates combined in one extraordinary moment to change the course of civilization. A sweeping, magisterial drama featuring the richest cast of characters ever to walk upon the world stage, including Washington, Jefferson, Louis XVI, Robespierre, and Catherine the Great, The Great Upheaval is a gripping, epic portrait of this tumultuous decade that will forever transform the way we see America's beginnings and our world

Das Jahr 1944 gilt als Wendepunkt in der Weltgeschichte. Roosevelt, Churchill und Stalin beschließen den »D-Day« und läuten den Sieg über Hitler-Deutschland ein. Doch warum vertraute der US-Präsident damals Stalin? Was passierte im Weißen Haus, als der Präsident erfuhr, dass die Massenmorde in Auschwitz dramatisch anstiegen? »Rettet die Juden, bombardiert Auschwitz!«, verlangten die Menschen vom todkranken US-Präsidenten. In seinem packenden Werk beschreibt Jay Winik nicht nur den äußeren Kriegsverlauf, sondern auch den inneren Kampf eines der größten demokratischen Führer der westlichen Welt. Sollte er Auschwitz bombardieren? Würde dies das Morden beenden? Wie viele Gefangene würden im Fall einer Bombardierung sterben? Und wie sicher waren die Informationen? Auf der neuesten Forschungslage und mit moralischer Klarheit berichtet der amerikanische Journalist vom fatalen Fehler eines der größten Staatsmänner unserer Zeit.