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Der Holocaust in der deutschsprachigen Geschichtswissenschaft
Wallstein Verlag 2012; US$ 17.25Hauptbeschreibung Das Ableben der letzten Zeitzeugen, das langsam nachlassende Medieninteresse sowie die neue Schwerpunktsetzung von zeitgeschichtlich ausgerichteten Instituten erfordern eine neue Standortbestimmung der HolocaustForschung. Die Autorinnen und Autoren diskutieren, inwieweit der Holocaust in der akademischen Lehre an deutschen und... more...
Soviet Military Intelligence in War
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 61.95This 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...
At the Limits of History
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95"Why bother with history? Keith Jenkins has an answer. He helps us re-think the "end of history", as signalled by postmodernity. Readers may disagree with him, but he never fails to provoke debate about the future of the past." Joanna Bourke, Professor of History, Birkbeck College Keith Jenkins? work on historical theory is renowned; this collection... more...
Mi casco por almohada
Edhasa 2012; US$ 15.66Las memorias de Robert Leckie constituyen uno de los más apasionantes relatos de un testigo directo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En enero de 1942, poco después del ataque japonés a Pearl Harbor, se alistó en el cuerpo de marines de los Estados Unidos. Aquí se narra su odisea, desde el durísimo y apresurado entrenamiento en Carolina del Sur hasta las... more...
Panzerkrieg
Constable & Robinson 2013; US$ 18.94For many people the very image of Blitzkrieg is of massed columns of tanks sweeping through Europe, smashing all resistance and leaving a trail of devastation in their wake. Indeed, it was the Panzers' achievements in battle that were largely responsible for Germany's early run of success in the Second World War and, once the tide of war began to... more...
Der Zweite Weltkrieg
C.H. Beck 2013; US$ 8.61Hauptbeschreibung Der Zweite Weltkrieg bildet die entscheidende Zäsur der Weltgeschichte im 20. Jahrhundert. Dieses Buch bietet einen Überblick über die Ursachen, die Vorgeschichte und den Verlauf des Krieges von der Einverleibung der Mandschurei durch Japan 1931 bis zum Abwurf der Atombomben auf Hiroshima und Nagasaki 1945. Es schildert aus konsequent... more...
You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger
Naval Institute Press 2013; US$ 20.95With 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...
In the Shadow of Gallipoli
University of New South Wales Press 2013; US$ 19.99The fighting Anzacs have metamorphosed from flesh and blood into mythic icons; the war they fought in is distant and the resistance to it within Australia has been forgotten. This book corrects such historical amnesia by looking at what occured on the Australian home front during WWI, showing that the war was a disaster and many Australians knew... more...
American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013; US$ 45.00As the United States began its campaign against numerous Japanese-held islands in the Pacific, Japanese tactics required them to develop new weapons and strategies. One of the most crucial to the island assaults was a new group of amphibious gunboats that could deliver heavy fire close in to shore as American forces landed. These gunboats were also... more...
The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History
Helicon Publishing 2006; US$ 31.20Companion to world history, ranging from the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China to the Balkan states and ex-Soviet republics. more...









