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The Grand Allianceby Winston Churchill
RosettaBooks 2003; US$ 7.99The Grand Alliance describes the end of an extraordinary period in British military history in which that country stood virtually alone against the German onslaught. Two crucial events bring about the end of Britain´s isolation and prove to be key turning points in the war against Hitler. The first is Hitler´s well-documented decision to attack the Soviet Union, opening up a battle front in the East. The second event is the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into the war. more...
The Hinge of Fateby Winston Churchill
RosettaBooks 2003; US$ 7.99The fourth volume of Churchill's Nobel-Prize winning six-part chronicle of World War II. Civilization itself seems at stake in these early months of American intervention and the fall of France. Churchill, wartime Prime Minister through this period, incorporates contemporary documentation and his own reminiscences. more...
Band of Brothersby Stephen E. Ambrose
Simon & Schuster 2001; US$ 11.99They came together, citizen soldiers, in the summer of 1942, drawn to Airborne by the $50 monthly bonus and a desire to be better than the other guy. And at its peak -- in Holland and the Ardennes -- Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Divison, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the world. From the rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to the disbanding in 1945, Stephen Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company. In combat, the reward for a job well done is the next tough assignment, and as they advanced through Europe, the men of Easy kept getting the tough assignments. They parachuted into France early D-Day morning and knocked out a battery of four 105 mm cannon looking down Utah Beach;... more...
Decisions for War, 1914-1917by Richard F. Hamilton; Holger H. Herwig
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 20.00Decisions for War focuses on the question: why did World War I happen? The book shows how in each country, the decision to enter the war was made by only a handful of individuals - monarchs, ministers, military people, party leaders, ambassadors, and others. more...
Adventure Guide to Scandinaviaby Henrik Berezin
Hunter Publishing 2006; US$ 15.00Each country - Sweden, Norway and Denmark - is unique, but all three have been bound together by a common heritage since the Viking era. This guide covers the major cities (Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm), as well as the small towns and the beautiful mountains, forests and lakes. The spectacular fjords here are long and usually enclosed by mountains. The author explores the legends, the history, and the food, from Sweden?s smorgasbord to the 200 kinds of fish eaten in Norway! more...
Imperial Eyesby Mary Louise Pratt
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 37.95Updated and expanded throughtout with new illustrations and new material, this is the long- awaited second edition of a highly acclaimed and interdisciplinary book which quickly established itself as a seminal text in its field. more...
The Greatest Day in Historyby Nicholas Best
PublicAffairs 2009; US$ 15.95Unlike 1945, the First World War did not end neatly with the unconditional surrender of the Germans. After a dramatic week of negotiations, military offensives and the beginning of a Communist revolution, the German Imperial regime collapsed. The Allies eventually granted an armistice to a new German government, and at eleventh hour on the 11th of November, the guns officially ceased fire, but only after 11,000 casualties had been sustainedalmost as many as on D-Day. Nicholas Best tells the story in sweeping, cinematic style, revealing that events were far from pre-ordained. From the generals headquarters to the frontline trenches, from the factories to the farms, he reveals the twists and turns that led to the end of the Great... more...
Hellcatsby Peter Sasgen
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 9.99Sasgen vividly recounts the pulsating drama of the Hellcats." - Naval History In 1945, American sub force commanders believed that if the Japanese merchant fleet was sunk, the enemy would be forced to surrender. The problem: the ships were protected in the Sea of Japan by a barrier of deadly minefields. Here, Peter Sasgen tells the gripping story of Operation Barney, a daunting mission in which nine submarines, nicknamed Hellcats, were tasked with getting through the mines and decimating the enemy fleet. Drawing on original documents and the personal letters of one doomed Hellcat commander, Sasgen crafts a classic naval tale of the heroic submariners and one of World War II's most ambitious and dangerous underwater raids. " more...
Moscow 1941by Rodric Braithwaite
Profile 2010; US$ 15.98Based on huge research and scores of interviews, this book offers an unforgettable and richly illustrated narrative of the military action that took place in Moscow during 1941; telling portraits of Stalin and his generals, some apparatchiks, some great commanders. It also traces the stories of individuals, soldiers, politicians and intellectuals, writers and artists and dancers, workers, schoolchildren and peasants. Click here to visit the author's website. more...
Die Verwandlung der Weltby Jürgen Osterhammel
C.H. Beck 2010; US$ 25.39Hauptbeschreibung Mit dem 19. Jahrhundert beginnt die Vorgeschichte der Gegenwart. Es war das Zeitalter der großen politischen Ideologien und der Verwissenschaftlichung des Daseins, der Eisenbahn und der Industrie, der Massenemigration zwischen den Kontinenten und der ersten Welle wirtschaftlicher und kommunikativer Globalisierung, des Nationalismus und der imperialen Expansion Europas in alle Teile der Erde. Zugleich ist das 19. Jahrhundert aus heutiger Sicht fern und fremd geworden: eine faszinierende Welt von gestern. Dieses Buch porträtiert und analysiert die Epoche in weltgeschichtlicher Sicht: als eine Zeit dramatischer Umbrüche in Europa, Asien, Afrika und Amerika und als eine Ära entstehender Globalität.... more...