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The Unwomanly Face of War
Svetlana Alexievich
History; European history; Social & cultural history; Second World War; Gender studies: women
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The long-awaited translation of the classic oral history of Soviet women's experiences in the Second World War - from the... [more]
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Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge
Antony Beevor
History; Second World War
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In this deeply researched work, with striking insights into the major players on both sides, Antony Beevor gives us the definitive... [more]
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The Longest Afternoon
Brendan Simms
History; European history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Military history
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Originally published: London, England: Allen Lane, 2014. [more]
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Larrikins in Khaki: Tales of Irreverence and Courage from World War II Diggers...
Tim Bowden
History; Australasian & Pacific history; Second World War; Military life & institutions; Advocate - History
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With a reputation for being hard to discipline, generosity to their comrades, frankness and sticking it up any sign of pomposity,... [more]
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The Empire Has An Answer: The Empire Air Training Scheme as Reported in...
Tony James Brady
History; Military history; Advocate - History
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`If we do not win the battle of training, we shall win no other battle in the air.' In 1943 the Royal Air Force recognised... [more]
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Monash and Chauvel: How Australia's Two Greatest Generals Changed the Course...
Roland Perry
History; General & world history; First World War; Battles & campaigns; Advocate - History
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Monash and Chauvel is a gripping narrative history that follows the extraordinary campaigns of the two most outstanding battlefield... [more]
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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
Ben MacIntyre
Biography: historical, political & military; History; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; The Cold War; Military history; Espionage & secret services
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On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the heart of Moscow, holding a... [more]
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Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself: The Mass Suicide of Ordinary Germans in...
Florian Huber
History; European history; Second World War
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An important exploration of a shocking and previously unacknowledged chapter in German history. [more]
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Chanel's Riviera: Life, Love and the Struggle for Survival on the Cote d...
Anne De Courcy
Biography; European history; Social & cultural history; Second World War
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Bestselling social historian Anne de Courcy reveals the glamour and grit of the Second World War on the French Riviera [more]
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Normandy `44: D-Day and the Battle for France
James Holland
History; Second World War; Battles & campaigns
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Coinciding with the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, James Holland draws on unseen archives and testimonies from around the world... [more]
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The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin
Jonathan Phillips
Biography: historical, political & military; Biography: religious & spiritual; History; Middle Eastern history; Crusades; Religious & spiritual leaders
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After Saladin's death, it goes on to show how in the West this Sunni Muslim acquired the status of a chivalric hero, even... [more]
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Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
Antony Beevor
History; Second World War; Battles & campaigns
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On 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the growing roar of aero... [more]
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1939: A People's History
Frederick Taylor
History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; The Holocaust; Second World War; Advocate - History
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A vivid people's history of the twelve months leading up to the outbreak of war in 1939. [more]
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Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War
Tim Bouverie
History; British & Irish history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Social & cultural history; Second World War; Diplomacy
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'Appeasing Hitler is an astonishingly accomplished debut. And we enter the drawing rooms and dining clubs of fading imperial... [more]
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Burning the Sky: Operation Argus and the Untold Story of the Cold War Nuclear...
Mark Wolverton
History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Military history; Weapons & equipment; Nuclear weapons; Mathematics & Sciences
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Last September the United States drew a thin curtain of radiation around the earth . . . the feat was regarded by some of... [more]
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land
Robert Hoyland, H. G. M. Williamson
History; Middle Eastern history; History: earliest times to present day; Crusades; Biblical archaeology; History of religion
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The story of the Holy Land, encompassing the three millennia that saw the birth of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Each... [more]
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The Restless Kings: Henry II, His Sons and the Wars for the Plantagenet...
Nick Barratt
History; British & Irish history; Medieval history; Military history
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In The Restless Kings Nick Barratt presents the tumultuous struggle for supremacy between the first Plantagenet king, Henry... [more]
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D-Day: The Soldiers' Story
Giles Milton
History; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War
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The definitive soldier-on-the-beach account of the greatest invasion in history [more]
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The Battle Within: POWs in postwar Australia
Christina Twomey
History; Australasian & Pacific history; Second World War; Military veterans
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Follows the stories of 15,000 Australian prisoners of war from the moment they were released by the Japanese at the end of... [more]
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Lincoln's Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac
Stephen W. Sears
History; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; American Civil War; Warfare & defence
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Lincoln's Lieutenants. The High Command of the Army of the Potomac. From the best-selling author of Gettysburg, a multilayered... [more]
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Defying The Nazis
Artemis Joukowsky, Ken Burns
Autobiography: historical, political & military; History; Genocide & ethnic cleansing; Second World War; Christian mission & evangelism
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This official companion to the Ken Burns film Defying the Nazis tells the little-known story of the Sharps, an otherwise ordinary... [more]
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The Free State of Jones: A True Story of Defiance During the American Civil...
Victoria E. Bynum
Fiction & Literature; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; American Civil War; Battles & campaigns
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A remarkable true story of defiance during the American Civil War-now the focus of a major motion picture starring Matthew... [more]
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Storm Over Leyte: The Philippine Invasion and the Destruction of the Japanese...
John Prados
History; Asian history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Battles & campaigns
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As Allied ships prepared for the invasion of the Philippine island of Leyte, every available warship, submarine and airplane... [more]
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The Castaway's War: One Man's Battle against Imperial Japan
Stephen Harding
History; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Naval forces & warfare
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Shipwrecked on a South Pacific island, a young U.S. Navy Lieutenant waged a one-man war against the Japanese. [more]
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The Private Heinrich Himmler: Letters of a Mass
Katrin Himmler, Michael Wildt
Biography: historical, political & military; History; European history; Second World War
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The English translation of the letters of Heinrich Himmler and his wife, recently authenticated by the Bundesarchiv and serialized... [more]
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