Germany

When on July 20, 1944, a bomb—boldly placed inside Hitler’s headquarters by Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg— exploded without killing the Führer...

A major new biography published for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, offering a fresh, human portrayal "Illuminating. . . . Tunbridge's pithy A...

This 35th anniversary edition of a best-selling book recounts Corrie tenBoom's horrific experiences in Hitler's concentration camps, explains how she surv...

In Twilight of the Wagners, Gottfried Wagner chronicles his family's connection with National Socialism, from his great-grandfather's anti-Semitic pamphlets...

A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world’s “great hush.”In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley C...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceFor eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her a...

A unique retelling of WWII’s most dramatic escape, told through first-hand recollections of the soldiers who experienced it. On the night of March 24, 19...

On June 22, 1941, before dawn, German tanks and guns began firing across the Russian border. It was the beginning of Hitler's Operation Barbarossa, one of ...

#1 New York Times Bestseller Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman in Vienna when the Gestapo forced her into a ghetto and then into a slave labor camp. ...

Describes political developments in Europe from the aftermath of World War II to the decline of the Soviet empire. Describes polit...

For fans of the Netflix series The Crown, a meticulously researched historical tour de force about the secret ties among Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Chu...

For Frederick The Great, The Prescription For Warfare Was Simple: Kurz Und Vives (short And Lively) - Wars That Relied Upon Swift, Powerful, And Decisive Mi...

"A revelation."--Marc Weingarten, Washington Post Acclaimed film director Billy Wilder's early writings--brilliantly translated into English for the first...

In This Illuminating And Deeply Moving Memoir, A Former American Military Intelligence Officer Goes Beyond Traditional Cold War Espionage Tales To Tell The ...

Loet Velmans was seventeen when the Germans invaded Holland. He and his family fled to London on the Dutch Coast Guard cutter Seaman’s Hope and then s...

Hitler’s Stolen Children is a powerful, first-person account of being at the heart of one of the Nazi’s cruelest and most obscene experiments—the Lebe...

describes Christmas Traditions In Mexico, Iran, China, Sweden, Iraq, Spain, And Norway. publishers Weekly the On My Own Holidays Series Offers Explanatory ...

This is a highly illustrated and full-color collection of the greatest propaganda images ever. From Napoleonic war paintings via anti-Hitler posters to brut...

When Hitler’s government collapsed in 1945, Germany was immediately divided up under the control of the Allied Powers and the Soviets. A nation in tatter...

"Full of fascinating characters, deeds of heroic daring . . . [a] powerful book."--New York TimesOne of the last secrets of World War II is why the Germans...

In 1939, tiny Finland waged war-the kind of war that spawns legends-against the mighty Soviet Union, and yet their epic struggle has been largely ignored. G...

The Life, Times, And Work Of Herbert Marcuse, One Of The 20th Century's Most Remarkable Cultural Figures-- Assimilation & Catastrophe -- The Sorrows Of ...

During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides-Germany, Britain, and America-believed the war could be concluded. Peace at the ...

With nearly 1,500 Broadway performances, six Tony Awards, more than three million albums sold, and five Academy Awards, The Sound of Music, based on the li...

Based On A New Documents And Interviews, This Work Is A Look At The Berlin Crisis Of 1961, With Powerful Applications For The Present. In June 1961, Nikita ...

Military snipers are highly trained marksmen who target individual enemy soldiers. They are regarded as vital specialists in modern warfare, and their role ...

Hunting Eichmann is the first complete narrative of a relentless and harrowing international manhunt. When the Allies stormed Berlin in the last days of t...

Discover the captivating history of Europe's second-oldest dynasty-the Habsburgs The Habsburg family ruled central Europe since the early medieval times ...

The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the warAt the start of WWII, the US found itse...

The Story Of A Generation Of German Young People Who Devoted All Their Energy To The Hitler Youth And The Propaganda That Brought Hitler His Power, And The ...

The Mayor Of London And Former Spectator Editor Challenges Popular Misconceptions To Assess Churchill's Enduring Influence On The World, Discussing The Many...

This Text Offers Interviews With Witnesses Who Knew Stalin And Hitler, Together With Documents From Russian Archives. It Explores In Detail The Reasons Why ...

In his quest for military glory, Benito Mussolini sent the Italian Eighth Army to the Eastern Front to help fight the Russians, only to have his forces rout...

A bold new accounting of the great social and political upheavals that enveloped Europe between 1914 and 1945—from the Russian Revolution through the Secon...

The never-before-told story of the scandalous courtroom drama that paved the way for the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. On the evening of Novembe...

Never before in German military history did the German Artillery possess such variety and magnitude as in the World War II era. From North Cape to Tobruk, B...

Hitler’s rise to power, Germany’s march to the abyss, as seen by Americansdiplomats, military, expats, visiting authors, Olympic athleteswho watched hor...

V. 1. The Rise To Power, 1919-1934 -- V. 2. State, Economy, And Society, 1933-1939 -- V. 3. Foreign Policy, War, And Racial Extermination -- V. 4. The Germa...

This is the first full history of fascism - as a force and as a phenomenon - in Europe and elsewhere between the world wars. This history encompasses all th...

A riveting account of the dictator’s final years, when he got the war he wanted but led his nation, the world, and himself to catastrophe—from the autho...

The heyday of the European states system was in the century before the First World War. How the system of five great powers in conscious equilibrium came in...

On April 30, 1945, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker as the Red Army closed in on Berlin. Within four days the Soviets had recovered his body. But the...

This Work Offers The First Look At How Religion Created And Prolonged The First World War. At The One-hundredth Anniversary Of The Outbreak Of The War, The ...

a Synthetic Approach Combining Political, Social, And Ideological Texts Offers Students A Wide Perspective On Life In Hitler's Germany. Unit I Considers T...

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyA New York Times bestseller, this major new biography of Hitler puts an emphasis on the man himself...

In examining one of the defining events of the 20th century, Doris Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and milita...

Against The Background Of The Holocaust Which Has Robbed So Many Of Their Faith Here Is A Story To Restore One's Faith. Perhaps In Other Places Only A Small...

The Holocaust Chronicle, Written And Fact-checked By Top Scholars, Recounts The Long, Complex, Anguishing Story Of The Most Terrible Crime Of The 20th Centu...