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Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz
Omer Bartov
History; European history; Genocide & ethnic cleansing; The Holocaust; Second World War; War crimes
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Synopsis coming soon....... [more]
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The Secret History of RDX: The Super-Explosive that Helped Win World War...
Colin F. Baxter
History; Second World War
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In The Secret History of RDX, Colin F. Baxter documents the journey of the super-explosive from conceptualization at Woolwich... [more]
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Operation Market-Garden 1944 3: The British XXX Corps Missions
Ken Ford
History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Battles & campaigns
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Field Marshal Montgomery's plan to get Second British Army behind the fortifications of the German Siegfried Line in 1944... [more]
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Hitler and Film: The Fuhrer's Hidden Passion
Bill Niven
Films, movies & cinema; History; European history; Second World War; Propaganda
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An expose of Hitler's relationship with film and his influence on the film industry [more]
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The Saboteur: True Adventures of the Gentleman Commando Who Took on the...
Paul Kix
Biography; Biography: historical, political & military; True war & combat stories; True stories of heroism, endurance & survival; Second World War; Special & elite forces
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In the tradition of `Agent Zigzag' comes a breathtaking biography of WWII's `Scarlet Pimpernel' as fast-paced and emotionally... [more]
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Why?: Explaining the Holocaust
Peter Hayes
History; The Holocaust; Second World War; Jewish studies
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A bold exploration of the Holocaust by a pre-eminent scholar in the field. [more]
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Darkest Hour: Official Tie-In for the Oscar-Winning Film Starring Gary Oldman...
Anthony McCarten
Biography: historical, political & military; History; European history; Second World War
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The official tie-in to major new motion picture Darkest Hour - starring Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill. [more]
$19.99
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Hemingway at War: Ernest Hemingway's Adventures as a World War II Correspondent...
Terry Mort
Biography; Biography: literary; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War
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From Omaha Beach on D-Day and the French Resistance to the tragedy of Huertgen Forest and the Liberation of Paris, this is... [more]
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South Pacific Air War: Volume 1: The Fall of Rabaul December 1941-March...
Michael Claringbould, Peter Ingman
History; Second World War; Air forces & warfare; Battles & campaigns
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South Pacific Air War Volume 1 is the first book in a trilogy chronicling the early months of the Pacific War in the lead... [more]
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British Destroyers 1939-45: Wartime-built classes
Angus Konstam
History; British & Irish history; Second World War; Naval forces & warfare; Military & naval ships
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As the possibility of war loomed in the 1930s, the British Admiralty looked to update their fleet of destroyers to compete... [more]
$24.99
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Churchill
Roy Jenkins
Biography; Biography: historical, political & military; British & Irish history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Political leaders & leadership
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An exhaustive biographical portrait of one of the most enigmatic and important figures of the twentieth century. [more]
$34.99
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Third Reich
Robert Gellately
History; European history; The Holocaust; Second World War; Fascism & Nazism
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A thought-provoking assessment and documentation of one of the most terrible periods in history - the rise and fall of the... [more]
$50.95
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The Cambridge History...
John Ferris (University of Calgary), Richard Bosworth (Jesus College, Oxford), Joseph Maiolo (King's College London), Michael Geyer (University of Chicago)
History; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War
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The Cambridge History of the Second World War is an illustrated and authoritative account of the events of 1939-45. With contributions... [more]
$145.95
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Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack
Steve Twomey
History; History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Military history; Second World War; Naval forces & warfare
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This "riveting" (Los Angeles Times), "crackerjack read" (Smithsonian) turns the lead-up to the most infamous... [more]
$31.95
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Blenheims Over Greece and Crete 1940-1941
Brian Cull
History; Second World War; Air forces & warfare; Military aircraft
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This is the gripping account of the heroics of the small band of British & Greek airmen who flew Bristol Blenheims against... [more]
$38.68
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Bismarck and Hood
Marco Santarini
History; Second World War; Naval forces & warfare; Military & naval ships
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The strategic, operational, tactical, technical and terminal aspects are discussed one by one to progressively review how... [more]
$39.99
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The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945...
James Hornfischer
History; Military history; Second World War
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One of the most consequential campaigns of the Pacific War was the U.S. Fifth Fleet's seizure of the Marianas. [more]
$37.95
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Between the Wars: 1919-1939
Philip Ziegler
History; General & world history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; First World War; Second World War
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Renowned biographer and historian Philip Ziegler tackles the great cultural and social events, flashpoints and diplomatic... [more]
$22.99
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The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World...
Robert Watson
History; The Holocaust; Military history; Second World War
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The little-known story of the most intriguing ship ever to set sail. [more]
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Codename Suzette: An extraordinary story of resistance and rescue in Nazi...
Anne Nelson
Biography: historical, political & military; History; Second World War; Espionage & secret services
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The thrilling and previously untold story of Suzanne Spaak, who abandoned her life of opulence to save the Jewish children... [more]
$29.99
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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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Islam and Nazi Germany's War
David Motadel
History; Second World War
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With troops fighting in regions populated by Muslims from the Sahara to the Caucasus, Nazi officials saw Islam as a powerful... [more]
$49.99
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The Philippine Sea 1944: The last great carrier battle
Mark Stille
History; Asian history; Second World War; Naval forces & warfare; Battles & campaigns
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After suffering devastating losses in the huge naval battles at Midway and the Soloman Islands, the Imperial Japanese navy... [more]
$32.99
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Operation Torch 1942: The invasion of French North Africa
Brian Lane Herder
History; African history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Battles & campaigns
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Following the raid on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt identified... [more]
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Rabaul 1943-44: Reducing Japan's great island fortress
Mark Lardas
History; Second World War; Naval forces & warfare; Air forces & warfare
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In 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies' path to Tokyo. It was... [more]
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