World War II

This excellent book is so important. It clearly and powerfully explains what the parallels are between Germany's fall from grace and the beginning of our o...

This Book Is A Global History Of The Interwar Period, Which Posits A New History For The Origins Of The Second World War. Jonathan Haslam Argues That It Was...

Book by Cederberg, FredCategories: History MilitaryWorld War II

Review\At once the most readable and the most original of living military historians."--The New York Times\It takes a disciplined and enormously well-read s...

From the author of Masters and Commanders, Andrew Roberts' The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War has been hailed as the finest single-volu...

Text: English, German (translation)Categories: History MilitaryWorld War II

FLYBOYS is the true story of young American airmen who were shot down over Chichi Jima. Eight of these young men were captured by Japanese troops and taken...

the Award-winning Pbs Series Spawned This Book, Which Is Filled With Evocative Photographs And Essays From Some Of The Nation's Leading Civil War Historian...

The first volume of Shelby Foote's tremendous narrative of the Civil War was greeted enthusiastically by critics and readers alike (see back of jacket for ...

‘The infantry is only a few metres ahead of us when suddenly, on the left of our tank, a Russian stands up. The swine had pretended to be dead when our in...

In 1939 Poland, Antonina Abi Ski (portrayed By Two-time Academy Award Nominee Jessica Chastain) And Her Husband, Dr. Jan Abi Ski (johan Heldenbergh), Have T...

Michael M. Yoshitsu. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [109]-113.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & GovernmentPolitical Science

Since the end of World War Two, the use of nuclear weapons has been America's-and the world's-worst nightmare. But they have never actually been used, des...

“This lively, provocative study challenges the widely held belief that the Japanese did not intend to invade the Hawaiian Islands.” ―Choice“A disqui...

No single event since World War II has marked this country’s foreign policy and national image as deeply as did the war in Vietnam. Vietnam and America is...

This Work Analyzes Events Surrounding The Yokohama Incident (1942-1945), Which Led To The Arrest Of Dozens Of Journalists And Researchers In Japan During Th...

Since Operation Desert Storm Against Iraq, Few Have Questioned The Notion That Countries Sometimes Go To War For Control Of Natural Resources. However, This...

Between them, husband and wife authors Beevor and Cooper have written a number of nonfiction works; both were appointed Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et de...

Only now can the full scope of the war in the Pacific be fully understood. Historian Ronald Spector, drawing on newly declassified intelligence files, an ...

"Thrillingly tells the story of an Eastern European Jew’s flight from the Holocaust and the years he spent fighting in the French underground.” —USA T...

Over recent decades, John W. Dower, one of America’s preeminent historians, has addressed the roots and consequences of war from multiple perspectives. I...

The World War II intelligence exploits of William Stephenson-the mysterious man known simply as "Intrepid" who is said to be the real-life model for Ian Fle...

Hiroshima Notes is a powerful statement on the Hiroshima bombing and its terrible legacy by the 1994 Nobel laureate for literature. Oe’s account of the li...

selected As One Of Usa Today’s 100 Best Spiritual Books Of The Century, This Astonishing Autobiography Tells The Gripping, Heroic Story Of The Early Life ...

On Easter Morning 1972 Marine Captain John Ripley, The Sole U.s. Adviser To The Tough Third Battalion Of The South Vietnamese Marines, Braved Intense Enemy ...

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award The cast of characters includes Hitler and Goering, Gertrude Stein and Marc Chagall—not to mention work...

The Battle of Dunkirk, in May/June 1940, is remembered as a stunning defeat, yet a major victory as well. The Nazis had beaten back the Allies and pushed th...

Wall Street Legend Alfred Lee Loomis, Who Once Owned Hilton Head Island, Was Devoted To His Hobby Of Science Experiments In His Mansion. During World War Ii...

This is a timely analysis and re-creation of the turning point of World War II. In October 1942, a panzer officer wrote "Stalingrad is no longer a town...An...

[Library Edition Audiobook CD in sturdy Vinyl case.] [Read by Mark Meadows] The untold story of the man who brought a mastermind of the final solution to j...

National Bestseller Npr Best Book Of 2017 “not All Superheroes Wear Capes, And Elizebeth Smith Friedman Should Be The Subject Of A Future Wonder Woman Mov...

In 1943, Primo Levi, A 25-year-old Chemist And Italian Citizen Of Jewish Race, Was Arrested By Italian Fascists And Deported From His Native Turin To Auschw...

The New Yorker, Best Books of 2022 Vanity Fair, Best Books of 2022 Booklist, Best Books of 2022 Singer. Actress. Beauty. Spy. During WWII, Josephine Baker,...

Into The Green Hell. -the Death Factory. -dark December. -the Race For The Dams. Charles Whiting. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 275-285.Categories: Histo...

The story of the hero behind the attempt to kill Hitler, the subject of Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise, set for June 2008 release. By July of 1944, the Thi...

This is the wartime autobiography of one of the first officers to join the British Army's Glider Pilot Wing, a unique force that was at the forefront of the...

Tells The Gripping True Story Of A U.s. Airman Who Was The Soul Surviver When His Bomber Crashed Into The Sea During World War Ii And Had To Face Thousands ...

The definitive account of the wartime history of Hong Kong On Christmas Day 1941 the Japanese captured Hong Kong, and Britain lost control of its Chinese c...

A valuable and compelling portrait of the daily life of Americans during the Victorian era—the fourth volume in the Everyday Life in America series K...

Christopher McDougall’s journey begins with a story of remarkable athletic prowess: On the treacherous mountains of Crete, a motley band of World War II R...

The Third Reich was the twentieth century’s most popular tyranny. After Adolf Hitler took power in 1933, most of Germany’s civil servants and profession...

Called “everything a war memoir could possibly be” by The New York Times, this all-time classic of the military memoir genre now includes a new forward ...

When was the last time someone around you brought up World War Two?It’s a pretty popular war. Maybe you heard about it yesterday. Maybe last month. But it...

In early October 1942 the German Sixth Army realized that it had one last chance to break through the Soviet lines and capture Stalingrad before exhaustion ...

An Extraordinary Collection Of Posts To And From The G.i.s' Best Friend And Incomparable EntertainerCategories: Literature & Fiction Essays & Corres...

A Painstakingly Researched, Revelatory Portrait Of The Soviet Dictator's Daughter Traces Her Formative Years In The Kremlin, The Losses Of Numerous Loved On...

The basis for the PBS Masterpiece series starring Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca Annis (Cranford) Away from the frontlines of World War II, in...

A Biography Of Reinhard Heydrich And His Wife, Lina Von Osten Heydrich-- Provided By Publisher.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Gov...