Hashtag Histories books present modern history as if told by social media posts by the main participants during momentous historic events.
This box set presents three Hashtag Histories for less than the price of two.
#Berlin45: The compelling story of the final 20 days of Hitler's Third Reich told in the form of social media feeds with daily posts and actual statements by Hitler, Churchill, Truman, Stalin, Zhukov, Eisenhower, Eva Braun and many others. The story begins with the announcement of, and reactions to, the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and follows the thoughts and actions of the main participants through the capture of Vienna, the Battle of Seelow Heights, the liberation of the concentration camps, the Battle of Berlin, the death of Hitler and the eventual surrender of Reich forces.
#Tokyo45: The account begins with the capture of the strategic Japanese island of Okinawa and follows the thoughts and actions of the main participants in the drama based on what those participants actually reported, or could have believably reported in private social media accounts, given who they were, what they knew and where they were at the time. The story moves day by day through the planning of the invasion of mainland Japan, the Japanese defense, the Manhattan Project, the first atomic test, the Kamikaze defense, the Potsdam Conference, Churchill's election defeat, the decision to drop the atomic bombs, the attempted palace revolt in Tokyo and the eventual Japanese surrender.
#Havana62: The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis told as if through posts on private social media feeds. The book follows the thoughts and actions of the main participants. The year is 1962. John F. Kennedy is in the White House. Nikita Khrushchev is in the Kremlin and Fidel Castro is in the Presidential Palace in Havana, Cuba. For a time, now widely referred to as “the most dangerous moment in human history”, these three men hold the future of modern civilization in their hands as the world teeters on the brink of nuclear apocalypse.
This box set presents three Hashtag Histories for less than the price of two.
#Berlin45: The compelling story of the final 20 days of Hitler's Third Reich told in the form of social media feeds with daily posts and actual statements by Hitler, Churchill, Truman, Stalin, Zhukov, Eisenhower, Eva Braun and many others. The story begins with the announcement of, and reactions to, the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and follows the thoughts and actions of the main participants through the capture of Vienna, the Battle of Seelow Heights, the liberation of the concentration camps, the Battle of Berlin, the death of Hitler and the eventual surrender of Reich forces.
#Tokyo45: The account begins with the capture of the strategic Japanese island of Okinawa and follows the thoughts and actions of the main participants in the drama based on what those participants actually reported, or could have believably reported in private social media accounts, given who they were, what they knew and where they were at the time. The story moves day by day through the planning of the invasion of mainland Japan, the Japanese defense, the Manhattan Project, the first atomic test, the Kamikaze defense, the Potsdam Conference, Churchill's election defeat, the decision to drop the atomic bombs, the attempted palace revolt in Tokyo and the eventual Japanese surrender.
#Havana62: The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis told as if through posts on private social media feeds. The book follows the thoughts and actions of the main participants. The year is 1962. John F. Kennedy is in the White House. Nikita Khrushchev is in the Kremlin and Fidel Castro is in the Presidential Palace in Havana, Cuba. For a time, now widely referred to as “the most dangerous moment in human history”, these three men hold the future of modern civilization in their hands as the world teeters on the brink of nuclear apocalypse.
