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World War II (1939-1945)

  • The Holocaust as Active Memoryby Marie Louise Seeberg; Irene Levin; Claudia Lenz

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95

    What are the catalysts that trigger a change from silence to discussion of the Holocaust? What happens when we talk its invisibility away? How are memories of the Holocaust reflected in different social environments? Who asks questions about memories of the Holocaust, and which answers do they find, at which point in time and from which past and present... more...

  • Soviet Military Intelligence in Warby Colonel David M. Glantz

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 61.95

    This text is the second of three volumes written by Colonel Glantz on the contribution of intelligence and deception operations to the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. It examines the area where intelligence and operations overlap; the nature of co-ordination between the two; and the support provided by intelligence to operational planning and execution... more...

  • Race for the Reichstagby Tony Le Tissier MBE

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95

    The soldiers of the Red Army identified the Reichstag as the victor's prize to be taken in Berlin. This account of the battle lays the many myths created by Soviet propaganda after the event to rest and details what exactly happened as the Red Army and the Allies raced to be the first at the Reichstag. more...

  • Myth and the Greatest Generationby Kenneth Rose

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 29.95

    Myth and the Greatest Generation calls into question the glowing paradigm of the World War II generation set up by such books as The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw. Including analysis of news reports, memoirs, novels, films and other cultural artefacts Ken Rose shows the war was much more disruptive to the lives of Americans in the military... more...

  • Air Power at the Battlefrontby Dr Ian Gooderson

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 35.95

    Ian Gooderson presents a study of close air support in World War II, with the analysis focusing on the use of tactical air power by British and American forces during the campaigns in Italy and northwestern Europe between 1943 and 1945. more...

  • The U.S. Navy Against the Axisby Vincent O'Hara

    Naval Institute Press 2013; US$ 36.95

    Naval historian Vincent O Hara recounts here the dramatic story of the U.S. Navy s surface fleet in World War II, especially its ship-to-ship combat. He suggests that the fleet s role in America s ultimate victory was far more crucial than commonly credited and holds many lessons for today s Navy and the nation as a whole. His work is the only single... more...

  • You're Stepping on My Cloak and Daggerby Roger Hall

    Naval Institute Press 2013; US$ 20.95

    With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts his experiences as an American Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. First published in 1957 to critical and popular acclaim, his book has become a cult favorite in intelligence circles. The story follows Hall's experiences from a junior officer fleeing... more...

  • 1913by Charles Emmerson

    PublicAffairs 2013; US$ 30.00

    Today, 1913 is inevitably viewed through the lens of 1914: as the last year before a war that would shatter the global economic order and tear Europe apart, undermining its global pre-eminence. Our perspectives narrowed by hindsight, the world of that year is reduced to its most frivolous features?last summers in grand aristocratic residences?or its... more...

  • The First Household Cavalry Regiment, 1943-44by Garry O'Connor

    The History Press 2013; US$ 27.69

    In the Shadow of Monte Amaro provides a new focus on the famous First Household Cavalry Regiment, the way its mettle was tested to the maximum in action in the mountains of Italy. It reveals and explores this largely undervalued and forgotten part of a costly and complex struggle, where there are lessons to be learned by everyone. We directly experience... more...

  • The Politics of Washingby Polly Coles

    Robert Hale 2013; US$ 11.65

    This is the story of ordinary life in an extraordinary place. The beautiful city of Venice has been a fantasy land for people from around the globe for centuries, but what is it like to live there? To move house by boat, to get a child with a broken leg to hospital or set off for school one morning only to find that the streets have become rivers... more...