Second World War Books
Vintage Publishing The Long Road Home
Book SynopsisAfter the Great War, the millions killed on the battlefields were eclipsed by the millions more civilians carried off by disease and starvation when the conflict was over. Haunted by memories, the Allies were determined that the end of the Second World War would not be followed by a similar disaster, and they began to lay plans long before victory was assured.Confronted by an entire continent starving and uprooted, Allied planners devised strategies to help all ''displaced persons'', and repatriate the fifteen million people who had been deprived of their homes and in many cases forced to work for the Germans. But over a million Jews, Poles, Ukrainians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Estonians and Yugoslavs refused to go home. This book offers a radical reassessment of the aftermath of World War II. Unlike most recent writing about the 1940s, it assesses the events and personalities of that decade in terms of contemporary standards and values. This the true and epic story ofTrade ReviewIt's amazing, a really fine achievement and has a wonderful balance between argument and narration, where the individual stories draw the reader into the moral and emotional complexities, while the sense of structure and proportion gives it a very strong sense of being in safe hands -- Nick Stargardt, author of 'Witnesses of War'A thoughtful retelling of an important and timely story -- Alan Allport * Literary Review *(Even today, thousands of people displaced by the Second World War remain unaccounted for)The Long Road Home speaks for them by proxy and with proper sympathy -- Ian Thompson * Sunday Telegraph *[A] well researched and comprehensive account -- Caroline Moorehead * Spectator *Excellent book... his research is meticulous * Independent *
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Vintage The Berlin Diaries 194045
Book SynopsisMarie 'Missie' Vassiltchikov - later Mrs Peter Harnden - was born in St Petersburg in 1917, the fourth child of Prince and Princess Illarion Vassiltchikov. The family left Russia in 1919, and Missie grew up in Germany, France and Lithuanian, where her father's family had owned property before the Revolution. After the war she lived in France, Spain and England. She died in London in 1978.Trade ReviewQuite simply, one of the most extraordinary war diaries ever written. Innocent and knowing at once, it portrays the death of Old Europe through the eyes of a beautiful young aristocrat whose world itself is dying with the events that she describes -- John le CarréWritten with a vividness, detail, understanding and humanity that rank it beside Pepys on the Great Fire -- Bernard Levin * Observer *A fascinating insight into a circle whose independence of mind could not be crushed by totalitarianism, Soviet or Nazi * Financial Times *A remarkable historical document of the first importance -- A.J.P. Taylor
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Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd Hiroshima Notes
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers NATO 1948 The Birth of the Transatlantic Alliance
Book SynopsisTalks about the watershed year of 1948, when the United States reversed its position of political and military isolation from Europe and agreed to an entangling alliance with ten European nations. This book traces the tortuous and dramatic process, which struggled to reconcile the conflicting concerns on the part of the future partners.Trade ReviewKaplan starts with the worsening of relations between the Soviet Union and the Western nations, and follows the twists and turns in the difficult negotiations that led to a treaty marking a radical change in US foreign policy. . . . Highly recommended. * CHOICE *This meticulously researched and well-written analysis builds on Kaplan's extensive earlier research on NATO's importance in the Cold War. . . . Its richly detailed analysis makes a significant contribution to the historical record. This judicious appraisal will be of interest to students of diplomatic history and international relations alike. -- Meena Bose, Hofstra University * Journal of American History *Larry Kaplan’s book brings back to life the unique period in 1948–1949 that witnessed the birth of America’s first 'entangling alliance.' His is an exceptionally lively, richly documented, and always enthralling study of the events that led to the greatest transformation of American diplomacy, of the men who made it happen, and of the challenges they had to overcome. -- Pierre Melandri, Sciences PoLawrence Kaplan, a foremost specialist in the history of NATO, has written an insightful account of its birth. The relationship between the United States and Europe has suffered in recent years, making this book an especially timely reminder to a wider readership of just how much effort the past generation put into making the North Atlantic Alliance a reality in the aftermath of the Second World War. Elegantly written and cogent, the book should be read by all students of NATO, European affairs, and U.S. foreign policy on both sides of the Atlantic. -- Saki R. Dockrill, King's College LondonThere is no better team than Lawrence Kaplan together with Morris Honick to recall the events that led to the creation of the West’s chief Cold War instrument in opposing the Soviet Union. It is easy, in these post–Cold War days, not to acknowledge the difficulties that surrounded the creation of the international political-military institutions that are still in use today. Although constantly adapting to a changing international political environment, their basic functions of reinforcing common interests and denying 'divide and conquer' opportunities to actual or potential enemies, are still with us. It is also easy to forget the extreme reluctance on the American side to become 'entangled' in matters of European defense. For these reasons the detailed exposition of the debates and related considerations that underlay the formation of an anti-Soviet 'West' is a welcome addition to the extensive literature, most of it out of necessity based on secondary sources, that chronicles this vital period of our history. -- Robert S. Jordan, University of New OrleansTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: The Isolationist Tradition, 1800–1947 Chapter 2: The "Speech": January 22, 1948 Chapter 3: The Brussels Pact: March 17, 1948 Chapter 4: The Vandenberg Resolution: June 11, 1948 Chapter 5: The "Exploratory" Talks: July–September 1948 Chapter 6: The Western Union Defense Organization: 1948–1949 Chapter 7: The Hiatus: September–December 1948 Chapter 8: The Treaty of Washington: April 4, 1949 Chapter 9: In Retrospect: The Relevance of NATO Today (or in the Post–Cold War Era)
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Zen at War 2nd Edition War and Peace Library
Book SynopsisPresenting a history of the contradictory, often militaristic, role of Zen Buddhism, this book documents the unknown support of a supposedly peaceful religion for Japanese militarism throughout World War II. It draws on the writings and speeches of leading Zen masters and scholars.Trade ReviewPraise for the first edition: Zen at War is a wake-up call for all Buddhists. Victoria has shown in a passionate and well documented way that Buddhism is not immune to the kind of distortions that have been used throughout human history by virtually all of the world's religions to justify so-called holy war.... -- John Daido Loori, Roshi, Abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery; author of The Heart of Being: Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen BuddhismPraise for the first edition: In this carefully documented study, Brian Victoria discloses the incredible intellectual dishonesty of Japanese Buddhists who perverted their religion into a jingoistic doctrine of support for the emperor and imperial expansion during the period 1868-1945. Good job! We must face this dark side of our heritage squarely.... -- Robert Aitken, retired Roshi, Honolulu Diamond SanghaZen at War is an incendiary book and an essential cautionary tale for anyone wanting to apply Buddhist teachings. Brian Victoria is a genuinely radical historian who asks followers of Zen–and by extension all Buddhists–to look beyond the pristine, other-worldly image the tradition has presented and understand the deep compromises that came from its relationship with power. Much more than an exposé, Zen at War challenges Buddhists to think through the ethical consequences of venerated doctrines and examine them in light of the Buddha’s original teaching. Despite the efforts of some Zen apologists to minimize the significance of Brian Victoria’s findings, the first edition lit a fire under Zen and the new edition adds fuel by extending the book’s critique back into Buddhist history. It is an important contribution to western Buddhism. -- Vishvapani, editor of Dharma Life magazineAn important and well-written work . . . This new edition significantly expands the text . . . Especially important is Victoria's well-documented contention that Buddhist involvement with buttressing political establishments is not new but can be traced to the time of King Ashoka in ancient India. . . Finally the author calls all Buddhists to thoughtful consideration and repudiation of "Nation-Protecting Buddhism" as a betrayal of the essential teachings . . . Recommended. * CHOICE *Victoria's extensive research- along with translations of lengthy quotations- substantially adds to our knowledge of the relationship between Buddhism and Japanese nationalism and imperialism....the content is often very interesting... * Journal of Asian Studies *Praise for the first edition: Zen at War is a stunning contribution to our understanding of Japanese militarism and the broader issue of war responsibility as it continues to be addressed (and ignored) in contemporary Japan. Victoria's great sensitivity to the perversion and betrayal of Buddhism's teachings about compassion and nonviolence makes his indictment of the role played by Imperial War Buddhists in promoting ultranationalism and aggression all the more striking—and all the more saddening. -- John Dower, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; author of War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific WarPraise for the first edition: Zen at War is a wake-up call for all Buddhists. Victoria has shown in a passionate and well documented way that Buddhism is not immune to the kind of distortions that have been used throughout human history by virtually all of the world's religions to justify so-called holy war. -- John Daido Loori, Roshi, Abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery; author of The Heart of Being: Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen BuddhismPraise for the first edition: In this carefully documented study, Brian Victoria discloses the incredible intellectual dishonesty of Japanese Buddhists who perverted their religion into a jingoistic doctrine of support for the emperor and imperial expansion during the period 1868-1945. Good job! We must face this dark side of our heritage squarely. -- Robert Aitken, retired Roshi, Honolulu Diamond SanghaTable of ContentsPart 1 THE MEIJI RESTORATION OF 1868 AND BUDDHISM Chapter 2 The Attempted Suppression of Buddhism Chapter 3 Early Buddhist Social Ferment Chapter 4 Uchiyama Gudo: Radical Soto Zen Priest Chapter 5 Institutional Buddhism's Rejection of Progressive Social Action Part 6 JAPANESE MILITARISM AND BUDDHISM Chapter 7 The Incorporation of Buddhism into the Japanese War Machine (1913-30) Chapter 8 Buddhist Resistance to Japanese Militarism Chapter 9 The Emergence of Imperial-Way Buddhism Chapter 10 The Emergence of Imperial-State Zen and Soldier Zen Chapter 11 Other Zen Masters and Scholars in the War Effort Part 12 POSTWAR TRENDS Chapter 13 The Postwar Japanese Responses to Imperial-Way Buddhism, Imperial-State Zen, and Soldier Zen Chapter 14 Corporate Zen in Postwar Japan Chapter 15 Was It Buddhism?
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Modernity and the Holocaust
Book SynopsisNew in paperback, this book, is likely to be adopted on many courses covering the Holocaust. A unique but disturbing book - winner of the 1989 European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences. The hardback received enormous acclaim. Zygmunt Bauman is one of the world's leading social theorists.Trade Review'Modernity and the Holocaust is a very fine book. Broad in scope and penetrating in analysis, it is disturbing as its subject matter demands, yet never fails to preserve the crucial element of reflective distance out of which new or more acute knowledge is able to emerge.' Times Higher Education Supplement 'Such is the concentrated brilliance of this study that it is sure to find an appreciative audience in every field of research which touches on the Holocaust.' Times Literary Supplement 'This is a profound book, brilliant in its insights ... It demands wide readership.' Political Studies 'The book should be widely read by students of the social sciences, since it is, apart from a provocative analysis of explanations of genocide, a critique of sociology, which Bauman claims has neglected the ethical dilemmas posed by the destruction of the Jews.' SociologyTable of ContentsForeword. 1. Introduction: Sociology after the Holocaust. 2. Modernity, Racism, Extermination - I. 3. Modernity, Racism, Extermination - II. 4. On the Uniqueness and Normality of the Holocaust. 5. Soliciting Cooperation of the Victims. 6. The Ethics of Obedience (reading Milgram). 7. Towards a Sociological Theory of Morality Rationality and Shame. Index.
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The History Press Ltd East Kent at War
Book SynopsisDuring the Second World War, East Kent was at the forefront of the defence of the United Kingdom. In 1940 the ports of Dover, Ramsgate, Folkestone and Margate took part in the Dunkirk evacuation, while airfields such as Manston, Hawkinge and Lympne were active in refuelling aircraft involved in the Battle of Britain.It was also from Dover that the first steps for D-Day were initiated, with commando raids on French beaches from Royal Navy motor launches. German signals were monitored and subsequently jammed by a series of experimental units. Balloons launched from Kingsdown carried leaflets to enemy territory, while others defended harbours and factories from dive bombers.Throughout the remainder of the war, including the defence against the V1 flying bomb attacks of the summer of 1944 and the supply of both men and material to the allies as they advanced through Europe, East Kent played a vital role.
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The History Press Ltd Tirpitz
Book SynopsisThe German battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz had brutally short careers. The Bismarck was sunk by the Home Fleet on her first operational sortie in May 1941. But the Tirpitz, hiding in Norwegian fjords, remained a menace to Allied convoys and tied down the British Home Fleet for three years. Periodic scares that the Tirpitz was ''out'' disrupted naval operations and in 1942 led to the dispersal and destruction of Convoy PQ17. Many attacks on the Tirpitz were made by British X-craft and Chariots, by the Fleet Air Arm and by RAF Bomber Command. From May 1940 over 700 British aircraft tried to bomb, mine or torpedo the Tirpitz on 33 separate missions; she was finally destroyed by Lancaster bombers with 5-ton Tallboy bombs. This is the most comprehensive account of the air attacks on ''the beast'' ever published, which is the result of extensive research of the British and German records by the author, former head of Defence and International Affairs at RMA Sandhurst.
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The History Press Ltd Dover in the Second World War
Book SynopsisThis book tells in detail what it was like to live in an English town constantly under siege from enemy guns in the Second World War.
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The History Press Ltd Kitted Out
Book SynopsisThe first book to fully explore the uniform and style of young people in the Second World War
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The History Press Ltd The Female Few
Book SynopsisFascinating accounts of the female pilots who transported the aircraft flown during the Battle of Britain
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The History Press Ltd SOE The Scientific Secrets
Book SynopsisThe history of Special Operations Executive (SOE) seems to spring a never-ending run of surprises, and here are some more. This book explores the mysterious world of the tools SOE used for their missions of subversion and sabotage. An often grim reality is confronted that is more akin with the world of James Bond and Q''s workshop than previously believed. Written by two scientists, one of whom served in the SOE and one who was tasked with clearing up after it was disbanded; their insider knowledge presents a clear account of the way in which SOE''s inventors worked. From high explosive technology to chemical and biological devices; from the techniques of air supply to incendiarism; from camouflage to underwater warfare; and from radio communications to weaponry. SOE: The Scientific Secrets is a revelation about the tools that allowed the murky world of spying and spies to operate during wartime.
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd The 3rd WaffenSS Panzer Division Totenkopf
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd P38 Lightning Vol. 1
Book SynopsisThis first of two volumes presents the P-38 story by focusing on the early models of this historic fighterXP-38 through P-38H. Each type is examined through carefully researched archival photos, as well as photographs of currently preserved examples.Known to the enemy during World War IIas the Fork-tailed devil, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning was piloted by those who were charged with the responsibility of escorting American bombers deep over heavily defended Europe during the early years of the air campaign against Nazi Germany. Detailed text and captions illustrate not only the design and constructionof the early-war Lightnings, but also their combat use in WWII. Large, clear photos, coupled with descriptive and informative captions, put the reader on the airfield and in the sky with this historic aircraft.Part of the Legends of Warfare series.
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd P47 Thunderbolt
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Japanese War Fantasy 1933
Book SynopsisAn analysis of a 1933 Japanese pulp fiction novel and the foretelling of the coming war.
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Flying Fortress Gunner
Book SynopsisThrough his letters home, combat reports, and extensive interviews with author Bill Cullen, Bob Harper describes his harrowing experiences on board the Flying Fortresses of the Eighth Air Force.
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McFarland and Company, Inc. Survival at Stalag IVB Soldiers and Airmen
Book SynopsisIn addition to concentration camps, World War II Germany was also home to 54 prisoner-of-war camps, the largest of which was Stalag IVB. This historical chronicle evokes the heartbreaking reality of day-to-day life in Stalag IVB, with firsthand accounts by the author and other veterans of the camp. Closing chapters detail the camp's final months.
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RLPG DDay The Air and Sea Invasion of Normandy in
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RLPG The Paratrooper Generals
Book SynopsisThe Paratrooper Generals is the first book to explore in depth the significant role these two division commanders played on D-Day, describing the extraordinary courage and leadership they demonstrated throughout the most important American campaign of World War II.
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Globe Pequot Pattons Last Gamble
Book SynopsisPatton’s Last Gamble vividly recounts Gen. George Patton’s ill-fated mission to liberate a German POW camp where his son-in-law and other Americans were held. It was a mission Gen. Omar Bradley later said “began as a wild goose chase and ended in tragedy.”Trade ReviewStudents of military history, World War II, and Patton will find the book useful. Readers of all backgrounds will find the book a pleasure to read. The reader who finishes this book will learn more about Patton, World War II, and an obscure piece of its history. * Military Review *
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Stackpole Books Armored Victory 1945
Book SynopsisBeautifully illustrated history of American armor in Europe during World War II, with more than 1200 photos of American tanks and armored vehicles as well as many German tanks.
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Globe Pequot The Battle of Prokhorovka
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Wayne State University Press Sing This at My Funeral A Memoir of Fathers and
Book SynopsisTells the story of the author’s father and grandfather, and the grave legacy that they each passed on to him. This is a story about the Holocaust and its aftermath, about absence and the scars that never heal, and about fathers and sons and what it means to raise young men.
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Wayne State University Press Holocaust Memory and Racism in the Postwar World
Book SynopsisChallenges the notion that there is an unproblematic connection between Holocaust memory and the discourse of anti-racism. Through diverse case studies, this volume historicizes how the Holocaust has shaped engagement with racism from the 1940s until the present, demonstrating that contemporary assumptions are neither obvious nor inevitable.
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Wayne State University Press Sing This at My Funeral A Memoir of Fathers and
Book SynopsisTells the story of the author's father and grandfather, and the grave legacy that they each passed on to him. This is a story about the Holocaust and its aftermath, about absence and the scars that never heal, and about fathers and sons and what it means to raise young men.
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Wayne State University Press Invisible Ink
Book SynopsisTells the story of Guy Stern's remarkable life. This is not a Holocaust memoir; however, Stern makes it clear that the horrors of the Holocaust and his escape from Nazi Germany created the central driving force for his life. If one can name a singular characteristic that gives Stern strength time after time, it is his determination to persevere.
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University of Missouri Press The Desperate Diplomat Saburo Kurusus Memoir of the Weeks Before Pearl Harbor
Book SynopsisThree weeks prior to the bombing of Pear Harbor, Japanese Special Envoy Saburo Kurusu visited Washington in an attempt to further peace talks. For more than seventy years, many have viewed Kurusu’s visit as part of the Pearl Harbor plot. Garry Clifford and Masako Okura seek to dispel this myth with this edition of Kurusu’s memoir.Trade ReviewA unique and invaluable study of American-Japanese diplomatic history. The authors present a compelling explanation of how Americans-both the general public and critical members of the Roosevelt administration-perceived Kurusu. The authors also highlight Kurusu's relevance in the run-up to war and do much to bring him out from behind Admiral Nomura's shadow, while also presenting a compelling portrait of familiar figures including Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The use of often overlooked but essential sources such as the Bernard Baruch and Arthur Krock papers make this an impressive volume." - Sidney Pash, author of The Currents of War: A New History of American-Japanese Relations, 1899–1941"This is a fascinating look at the intense negotiations in Washington, D.C., just prior to the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It is the view seen by a special Japanese envoy, Saburo Kurusu, who was hurriedly dispatched to Washington in November 1941 to assist Japanese ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura. U.S. and Japanese policies were at loggerheads over the issue of Japanese aggression in China and what appeared to be impending Japanese moves into Southeast Asia. Talks in Washington between Ambassador Nomura and U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull were attempting to reconcile the two nations' positions in a vain attempt to prevent eruption of a war." - Air Power History"This book presents the best account in English of the activities of the Japanese diplomats in Washington during the negotiations. As such, it should be required reading for all those interested in the outbreak of the Pacific War." - Journal of American-East Asian Relations"Thanks to the labors of Clifford and Okura, it will be difficult to look again at the last three weeks of peace in quite the same way." - H-Net
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Quercus Publishing A Foolish Virgin
Book SynopsisIt is the middle of the roaring twenties, and Gittel is living The Hague with her parents, whose blazing rows are the traditional preserve of Sundays and public holidays. What luck, then, that Gittel is Jewish, and must submit to the double helping of public holidays that is the lot of Jewish families.After every matrimonial slanging match, Gittel''s mother runs off to her parents'' home in Antwerp - with her daugher in tow. Much to her delight, Gittel makes the acquaintance of the well-to-do Mardell family, who allow her to practise on their Steinway. Gittel feels that she is taken seriously by Mr Mardell, the head of the household, and by thirty-year-old Lucie, whom she adores. When these friendships turn out to be nothing but an illusion, Gittel learns her first lessons about trust and betrayal. Her second comes soon after, when her father, whose talents for business leave much to be desired, attempts to make a quick killing in Berlin on the eve of the Wall StreeTrade Review[A] delicious . . . waspishly witty story of family squabbles and romances from the perspective of a sharp-eyed buy innocent girl . . . Simons' achievement is such that we think . . . of Muriel Spark - even Jane Austen. -- Boyd Tonkin * Financial Times. *All the makings of a word-by-mouth classic . . . Dazzlingly captures the ebullient voice of an endearingly guileless young girl as she teeters on the edge of the infinitely more precarious world of adulthood. -- Claire Allfree * Daily Mail. *Simons has an impressive lightness of touch which balances the darker theme of betrayal . . . An atmospheric inter-war study of family ties and the more fleeting affection of shallow alliances -- Eileen Battersby * Irish Times *Found: the Dutch Stoner. A debut between Franz Kafka and John Cheever. A must-read book. * De Standaard. *The Jane Austen of 1920's Antwerp. The success of Ida Simons is mainly due to the quality of the novel. A Foolish Maiden is still charming after half a century since it was written. The language is fresh, humoristic and sober. * Trouw. *Gittel reminds us of Anne Frank. * Nederlands Dagblad *This rediscovered novel from 1959 from the Dutch-Flemish Ida Simons is this summer's Stoner. * Algemeen Dagblad. *An extraordinary novel. Musical prose. Ida Simons shows she is a self-conscious writer in this sensitive yet unsentimental novel. It is incomprehensible that this book hasn't been read for many years. There's no need to read another novel for the time being. * NRC Handelsblad. *This is the Dutch equivalent of Stoner. The novel is remarkably timeless. The language is light and simple, sometimes even poetic and Ida Simons is especially strong in her understatement, which yields a friendly and sometimes biting humor. * De Morgen. *
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McNidder & Grace Traitors or Patriots
Book SynopsisDrawing on extensive sources, author Louis R. Eltscher examines the role of the German anti-Nazi resistance inside the Third Reich in Traitors or Patriots? This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the anti-Nazi resistance.Trade Review`Eltscher's strength lies in his near encyclopedic overview of all the major, and many minor, acts of German resistance - from well-known plots within the military to individual, lone-wolf assassination attempts on Nazi officials. An accessible, yet comprehensive, analysis of German anti-Nazi resistance.' KIRKUS REVIEWS;'Traitors or Patriots? is an excellent and exceptionally detailed book for anyone who wishes to know more about the establishment and decimation of the Nazi regime.’ PACIFIC BOOK REVIEW;‘Despite being a record of history, this book is written engagingly and is very approachable, bringing history to life and adding vibrant color to the drab, monochromatic depiction often portrayed in textbooks.’ US REVIEW
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Oneworld Publications Coffee with Hitler
Book SynopsisThe untold tale of the Brits who infiltrated the Nazi hierarchyTrade Review'Compelling study.' -- Daily Telegraph'This engaging book offers a warning from history that remains terrifyingly relevant today.' -- Observer‘Squirmingly enthralling.’ -- The Spectator, Books of the Year 2022‘Fascinating… an important book, which must be taken into account by all who write about the subject in future. It is well produced and illustrated with excellent photographs. The story of Tennant, Conwell-Evans and Christie and their historical journey is an absorbing one, which casts light on many aspects of the period… They deserve the rehabilitation that Charles Spicer has eloquently accorded them.’ -- Literary Review'This is a complex tale, but as skillfully narrated by Spicer, it moves along briskly.' -- Washington Post'In this terrific debut, historian Charles Spicer genuinely enriches and deepens our understanding of the Thirties – the all-important decade in which the great and the good of these islands, scarred to the depths of their souls by the Great War, struggled to avoid a second global conflict. ... A truly illuminating, humane and sophisticated book – and, one hopes, the first of many by an exciting new talent on the historical scene.' -- Tortoise‘If ever there was a case of the road to hell being paved with good intentions, it is surely the story that Charles Spicer tells so brilliantly and empathetically in this exceptionally well-written book.’ -- David Cannadine‘In this very well-researched and well-written work of historical revisionism, Charles Spicer reminds us of the important fact that not every Briton who wanted better relations with Nazi Germany did so from malign motives.’ -- Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny‘Charles Spicer tells the chilling story of how otherwise respectable men and women became pawns in a game of international intrigue with a reprehensible regime. The outstanding narrative reads like a thriller, taking readers from the salons of stately homes and St James’s clubs to the mass rallies and diplomatic backrooms of Nazi Germany. With more than a few spies, rogues, and plot twists along the way, Spicer tells a story that could be ripped from the pages of a novel.’ -- Bradley Hart, author of Hitler’s American Friends‘[An] absorbing history début.’ -- Caroline Sanderson, Bookseller‘Charles Spicer reveals the bold attempt of a handful of British intelligence agents to infiltrate and civilise the Nazi hierarchy. This unlikely band of mavericks – who included a butterfly-collecting Old Etonian and a left-wing Welsh pacifist – spent five doomed years wining and dining the leading henchmen of Hitler’s diabolical regime. Meticulously researched and told with panache, Coffee with Hitler sheds new light on both the Nazis themselves and the group who tried to tame them.’ -- Giles Milton, author of Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare‘Spicer offers a meticulously researched and pacy account of the behind-the-scenes soft diplomacy conducted by the Anglo-German Fellowship, a group of like-minded businessmen, politicians and academics united in the aim of preventing war with Nazi Germany. This fascinating study challenges the too easy dichotomy between the villainous and duped appeasers and those with Churchillian foresight and insight.’ -- Julie Gottlieb, professor of modern history, University of Sheffield‘A captivating and convincing revisionist history.’ -- Kirkus, starred review'As a lesson of history, this excellent book is a sober reminder to policymakers to look at the evidence in plain sight.' -- The Oldie‘The extraordinary story of three men, a Welsh historian and political secretary, a butterfly-collecting Old Etonian and a Great War fighter ace.’ -- Choice Magazine‘Spicer, who has given close, neutral and unerring scrutiny of the sources, proves to be a brisk, fair-minded and authoritative revisionist… Coffee with Hitler should make it impossible to continue to lampoon the Fellowship as an unsavoury gang.’ -- Richard Davenport-Hines, TLS‘Spicer’s book is a resounding success, retelling the fascinating history of the Anglo-German Fellowship.’ -- Darren O’Byrne, History Today‘This compelling book captures the double-edged nature of “one mainstay of British values” – giving “even the most blatantly disgusting people the benefit of the doubt.”’ -- The Week‘In this refreshingly objective book, Spicer profiles the Anglo-German Fellowship, a 1930s British collective which tried to “civilise the Nazis” – some from naivety, others out of ruthless pragmatism.’ -- Daily Telegraph
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Bauhan (William L.),U.S. As they Were
Book SynopsisAs They Were offers an inciteful and evocative glimpse of France during the phony war period between the September 1, 1939, German invasion of Poland and the Nazi attack on the Netherlands, Belgium, and France in May 1940. A. Peter Dewey, a young reporter for the Chicago Daily News, deftly chronicled the daily routines of life in Paris as its citizens, suspended between the world that they knew and an inevitable war ahead, tried to maintain the equilibrium of the French capital. Dewey spoke fluent French and considered the country the home of his heart: his parents had purchased the abandoned Abbaye de Sainte-Marie on the coast of Normandy in 1931 and restored it; the abbey was seized by the Nazis during the war and was later reclaimed by the family.After Dewey was killed while on an OSS mission to Saigon in 1945, his friends and family gathered the writings he left behind and published them as a book in 1946. As They Were describes his experiences in France working as a reporter and a
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Crecy Publishing Night Flyer
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IWM Publishing Poverty to Paradise
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Miller Publishing, LLC Soldiers Stories A Collection of WWII Memoirs
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Atlas of the Holocaust
Book SynopsisThe graphic history of the Nazi attempt to destroy the Jews of Europe during the Second World War is illustrated in this series of 363 detailed maps. The maps, and the text and photographs that accompany them, powerfully depict the fate of the Jews between 1933 and 1945, while also setting the chronological story in the wider context of the war itself. The maps include: Historical background from the effects of anti-Jewish violence between 1880 and 1933 to the geography of the existing Jewish communities when the Nazi Party came to power The beginning of the violence from the destruction of the synagogues in November 1938 to Jewish migrations and deportations, the ghettos, and the establishment of the concentration camps and death camps throughout German-dominated Europe The spread of Nazi rule the fate of the Jews throughout Europe including Germany, Austria, Poland, Greece, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Russia, Denmark, Norway, France, Holland, Belgium, Italy, anTable of ContentsForeword, Preface, Acknowledgements, Notes to Fifth Edition Updates, List of Maps, Bibliography, Index of Places, Index of Individuals
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Taylor & Francis Interacting Francoism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd War Peace and International Relations
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the strategic history of the past two centuries, showing how those 200 years were shaped and reshaped extensively by war. The book takes a broad view of what was relevant to the causes, courses and consequences of conflict.The volume provides students with a strong grounding in the contribution of war to the development of the modern world, from the pre-industrial era to the age of international terrorism and smart weapons. Covering all the major wars of the past two centuries, the third edition has been revised and updated and now includes: new introductory essays at the start of each section to help students recognize historical turning points and strategic themes; revised and updated material on the post-Cold War period, accommodating new developments and contemporary perspectives; new material on non-Western views on strategy, especially Sun Tzu; a new chapter on âThe age of acceleration and great power competitionâ, starting with the death of Bin Laden and ending with the Ukraine crisis; a new Conclusion offering a synthesis between the message of earlier editions and the state of strategy today. This textbook will be essential reading for students of strategic studies, security studies, war studies, International Relations and international history.Trade Review'Since it was first published in 2007 War, Peace and International Relations: An Introduction to Strategic History has been a classic and distinctive text in the Strategic Studies literature. Professor Gray, one of the great strategic thinkers of his day, argued that strategic history indicated that the future of warfare was likely to be very much like the past and that the general theory of strategy was unchanging. He also argued that great power rivalry was likely to re-emerge in the future. Following his premature death, Professor Wirtz has done a great service to students and practitioners of strategy by bringing Gray’s analysis up to date in this new edition showing how important Gray’s insights and analysis are to the understanding of the contemporary war in Ukraine and the growing geopolitical tensions in relations between the West and the developing ‘unlimited’ strategic alliance between Russia and China. Professor Wirtz is to be congratulated. This is a great testimony to the enduring value of the writings of Colin S. Gray.'Emeritus Professor John Baylis, FLSW, FRHist.S, FAcSS, USAPraise for previous editions:'The author’s discussions and clarity of thought and expression make this work ideal as a textbook for introducing civilian students and prospective military officers of the various military academies to the subject.' ParametersTable of ContentsIntroduction: Strategic History PART I: THEORY OF WAR 1. Themes and Contexts of Strategic History 2. Carl Von Clausewitz and The Theory of War PART II: THE FRENCH AND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS 3. From Limited War to National War: The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Way of War 4. The Nineteenth Century, I: A Strategic View 5. The Nineteenth Century, II: Technology, Warfare and International Order PART III: WORLD WAR I AND THE TWENTY-YEAR ARMISTICE 6. World War I, I: Controversies 7. World War I, II: Modern Warfare 8. The Twenty-Year Armistice, 1919-39 9. The Mechanization of War PART IV: WORLD WAR II 10. World War II in Europe, I: The Structure and Course of Total War 11. World War II in Europe, II: Understanding the War 12. World War II in Asia-Pacific, I: Japan and the Politics of Empire 13. World War II in Asia-Pacific, II: Strategy and Warfare PART V: THE COLD WAR 14. The Cold War, I: Politics and Ideology 15. The Cold War, II: The Nuclear Revolution PART VI: OUR CONTEMPORARY AGE 16. War and Peace After the Cold War: An Interwar Decade 17. 9/11 and the Age of Terror 18. The Age of Acceleration and the Rise of Great Power Competition Conclusion: War, Peace and International Order
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Routledge Comfort Women of the Japanese Empire
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Nemesis at Potsdam
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1979, Nemesis at Potsdam discusses the expulsion and spoliation of the Germans from most of central and easter Europe during the Second World War, a process which over two million did not survive. How did this extraordinary event come about? Was it necessary for the peace of Europe? What role did Britain and the United States play in authorizing the transfer'? The book answers these questions and relates the integration of the German expellees to the phenomenal resurgence of West Germany, and traces the development of Ostpolitik and détente through to the Helsinki Declaration. It will be of interest to students of history, international relations, and political science.Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Principle of Population Transfers 2. The Germans of Czechoslovakia 3. The Genesis of the Oder-Neisse Line: The Conferences of Tehran and Yalta 4. The Flight: Prelude to the Expulsions 5. Anglo-American Plan of Limited Transfers 6. ‘Orderly and Humane’ Transfers 7. From Morgenthau Plan to Marshall Plan 8. Peace Without a Peace Treaty 9. Recognition or Revision of the Oder-Neisse Line 10. Towards the Future Notes Appendix Bibliography Index
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Austin Macauley Publishers The Agony of Poland
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Ultra Secret
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FriesenPress The Job To Be Done
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Taylor & Francis Hunt for Nazis
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Taylor & Francis Supreme Courts Under Nazi Occupation
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IngramSpark The Company Bible
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Taylor & Francis The Pacific War
Book SynopsisThe Pacific War is an umbrella term that refers collectively to a disparate set of wars, however, this book presents a strong case for considering this assemblage of conflicts as a collective, singular war. It highlights the genuine thematic commonalities in the legacies of war that cohere across the Asia-Pacific and shows how the wars, both individually and collectively, wrought dramatic change to the geo-political makeup of the region. This book discusses the cultural, political and social implications of the Pacific War and engages with debates over the warâs impact, legacies, and continuing cultural resonances. Crucially, it examines the meanings and significance of the Second World War from a truly international perspective and the contributors present fascinating case studies that highlight the myriad of localised idiosyncrasies in how the Pacific War has been remembered and deployed in political contexts. The chapters trace the shared legacy that the individual wars haTrade Review"This book offers a useful collection of essays for scholars and students researching and studying the aftermath and memory of the Second World War in the Asia-Pacific region."KEVIN BLACKBURN, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore, Australian Historical Studies, 47, 2016"The Pacific War certainly offers once-passed-by rich material for statement and test of new conceptions...With the Pacific War’s 75th anniversary soon upon us, we might look forward to more memory, more history. Lighting up fading reminiscence with new conceptions and questions, this collection of stylish essays leads the way."Lamont Lindstrom, University of TulsaTable of ContentsPart I: Remembrance 1. Thinking About the Pacific War 2. De-historicising the Second World War: Diaspora, Nation and the overseas Chinese 3. "A Sideshow to the War in Europe": Nation, Empire and the British Commemoration of the Pacific War 4. Contested Memories of the Pacific War in Australia 5. The Thai-Burma Railway: Aysmmetrical and Transnational Memories Part II: Aftermaths 6. Unfinished business: Legal, Moral and Political Dimensions of the Class ‘B’ and ‘C’ War Crimes Trials in Asia and the Pacific 7. The Pacific War experience of Dutch Eurasian civilians in Java, 1942-48 8. Coercion and Consent: Being ‘Indian’ in Malaya during the Japanese Occupation 9. Revenge Killings in 1945 and their Absence from the Historical Narrative in Singapore Part III: Race, Sex and Culture 10. ‘South Seas Lore: Anthropology, Cultural Determinism and the Pacific War’ 11. Contested Medical Science: Re-examining Japanese Medicine and Filipino Adaptations in the Philippines during the Japanese Occupation Period 12. The "outrage" in Miri: Sex, race and violence and the Second AIF in Sarawak 13. Mothers Darlings: Secrets and Silences in the Wake of the Pacific War
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Poetics of Conflict Experience
Book SynopsisSeventy years after the end of the Second World War we still do not fully appreciate the intensity of the lived experience of people and communities involved in resistance movements and subjected to German occupation. Yet the enduring conjunction between individuals, things and place cannot be understated: from plaques on the wall to the beloved yellowing relics of private museums, materiality is paramount to any understanding of conflict experience and its poetics. This book reasserts the role of the senses, the imagination and emotion in the Italian war experience and its remembrance practices by tracing a cultural geography of the everyday material worlds of the conflict, and by digging deep into the multifaceted interweaving of place, person and conflict dynamics. Loneliness, displacement and paranoia were all emotional states shared by resistance activists and their civilian supporters. But what about the Fascists? And the Germans? In a civil war and occupation where shifting aTable of ContentsIntroduction: a poetics of civil war and resistance Baldini dies in the end: journey through a world at war Armchair strategists vs. affective archivesThe materialities of absence The interview process 1 8 September 1943, ‘end of days’: Italy’s capitulation and its dystopian aftermath 1.1 My family history as a story of the resistance 1.2 The genesis of civil war and German occupation 1.3 Materiality and memory1.4 The poetics of storytelling: interviewing, imagining, mapping 2 Unsettling identities 1944 2.1 Identities and the uneasy materiality of conflict 2.2 Materialities and the uncanny 2.3 The partisan experience 2.4 Understanding the Fascists 2.5 Who were the Germans, and what did they want? Germans . . . or Austrians? German self-reflections 2.6 Why weren’t the Allies more helpful? 2.7 Spies: the ultimate uncanny element 3 The lost bodies of the Italian resistance and civil war 3.1 Bodies in the snow 3.2 The body of the fighter Sex Bodily hygiene 3.3 The female body 3.4 The Jewish body in the resistance 3.5 Other bodies 3.6 Saved or dead: the body’s tale 3.7 Reconnaissance in no man’s memory: the grim legend of Buss de la Lum 4 The haunting materiality of storytelling 4.1 Storying affects: wartime rumour as inter-corporeal practise 4.2 The ontogenetic nature of storytelling: the snowball effect 4.3 Action! The historical workings of affect 4.4 Story one: constructing an American OSS agent as the Other 4.5 Story two: the Golden Column of Menarè 4.6 Story three: expected and unexpected emotions 4.7 Conclusion 5 Competing materialities: presence and absence in the material world of the war 5.1 The material turn in the social sciences: things ‘matter’ 5.2 The materiality of the interview 5.3 Wartime tangibilities: on emotional absence-presence 5.4 Frontline materialities: evocative objects and booby traps The eagle and the death cult: Fascists and their materiality Frontline objects 5.5 Absence as an affect: the shadow-play of memory 5.5.1 A paper cenotaph: Bruno’s memento 5.5.2 The night is a thing: the poetics of sleep and sleep deprivation 5.5.3 ‘I shouldn’t have asked them for it’. Wilma’s guilty prize 5.6 Reflections 6 Landscapes of fighting, feeling and hoping: place as material culture 6.1 Hostile landscapes and the vernacular of terror 6.2 The making of places: opportunity and consolation6.3 The unmaking of places Home, falling apart The unlikely comfort of the uplands 6.4 Searching for invisibility: stealth and secrecy in everyday materialities 6.5 The marginality of bodies, the liminality of the river 6.6 Going back 7 The conclusion of a journey through regions of silence By way of foreword 7.1 Compassionate scholarship: using affect and postmemory towards a recognition of the uncanniness of civil war An intermission: Levi, the partisan 7.2 Making place for a future 7.3 Engaging with the poetics of conflict experience 7.3.1 The poetics of violence 7.3.2 The poetics of exclusion 7.4 A past we can know 7.5 Engaging humanely with the materialities of others Appendix Bibliography Index
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