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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Amending the Past Europes Holocaust Commissions and the Right to History
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Yale University Press Theologians Under Hitler
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Yale University Press Behind the Lines
Book SynopsisWhat effect did the two world wars have on the relations between women and men? Drawing on broad comparative materialfrom government policy to popular media, poetry and fiction, and personal lettersthis book examines the redefinition of gender that occurred in many Western countries during both world wars. A major addition to the literature on gender relations and war.Helena Lewis, Women's Review of BooksOne of the first, and certainly the most exciting, treatments of war as an event of gender politics.ChoiceA substantial contribution to the social history of this century.Anne Summers, Times Literary SupplementThese essays powerfully demonstrate how much the world wars provided battlegrounds not only for nations but for the sexes.Michael S. Sherry, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social ScienceA work of lively, engaged scholarship. This is an important contribution to current debates about war and human identity, war and political reality, war and transformative possi
£34.89
Yale University Press The Last Days of the Jerusalem of Lithuania
Book SynopsisFor five years, Herman Kruk recorded his experiences and those of others, documenting the life and resistance of European Jews in the shadow of imminent death. This chronicle includes all recovered pages of his diaries and provides an account of the annihilation of the Jewish community of Vilna.
£89.40
Yale University Press Women in the Holocaust
Book SynopsisThis text is devoted to the study of the lives of women during the Holocaust. By examining women's unique responses, their incredible resourcefulness, their courage and their suffering, it seeks to enhance our understanding of the experiences of all Jews during the Nazi era.
£41.57
Yale University Press Grand Delusion
Book SynopsisA history of the German invasion of Russia in 1941, in the light of archival material. It challenges the view that Stalin was about to invade Germany when Hitler made a pre-emptive strike, arguing that Stalin was actually negotiating for peace in order to redress the European balance of power.Trade Review"This literary sensation is an enthralling narrative and an outstanding historical investigation, based examination of western archives and recently declassified documents scattered in Russian arch Yeltsin's elusive presidential archive". "[A] fascinating and important book." Anthony Beevor, Daily Telegraph "Clearly written and elegantly argued, Grand Delusion is indispensable reading for the specia attempting to make sense of the events leading up to the greatest and deadliest land war in history." Journal of Military History "Not since the publication of John Erickson's books has any single work done so much to improve u went wrong for the Soviets in 1941" Military Review"
£42.68
Yale University Press Resilience and Courage
Book SynopsisIn this volume, Nechama Tec offers insights into the differences between the experiences of Jewish women and men during the Holocaust.Trade ReviewIn this riveting and poignant book Nechama Tec offers groundbreaking insights into the differences between the experiences of Jewish women and men during the Holocaust. Drawing on the personal stories of numerous survivors and rescuers, Tec reveals how the coping strategies and ultimate fate of men and women differed and how mutual cooperation and compassion operated across gender lines.“Nechama Tec’s Resilience and Courage is a remarkable achievement, based on a deep knowledge of the subject, profound sociological analysis, and convincing narrative style. Tec concentrates on the oppressed rather that the oppressors, and has shown that the gender division among them was primarily a result of the policy of the perpetrators and not the manifestation of conflicts within the society of the victims.”—Israel Gutman, Professor Emeritus of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem
£43.79
Yale University Press What Stalin Knew
Book SynopsisIlluminates many of the enigmas that have surrounded the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, offering insights into Stalin's thinking and the reasons for his catastrophic blunder.Trade Review"'A fascinating and meticulously researched account of mistaken assumptions and errors of judgment that culminated in Hitler's invasion of Russia in June 1941. Never before has this fateful period been so fully documented.' Henry A. Kissinger 'Murphy comes to his subject as a retired chief of Soviet operations in the Central Intelligence Agency. The result is an account by an American intelligence insider about the practice of espionage and counter-espionage in Stalin's USSR. And it is a gripping tale he tells.' Robert Service, Sunday Times 'If, after the war, the Soviet Union had somehow been capable of producing an official inquiry into the catastrophe of 6/22 - comparable in its mandate to the 9/11 commission here - its report might have read a little like this book... Murphy brings to his subject both knowledge of Russian history and an insider's grasp of how intelligence is gathered, analyzed and used - or not.' Niall Ferguson, New York Times Book Review"
£37.11
Hachette Books Germanys Underground
Book SynopsisThis classic account of the German Resistance during World War II remains one of the primary sources on a topic that continues to generate controversy more than a half century after the war''s end. As OSS (office of strategic services) chief of station in Bern, Switzerland, from 1942 to 1945, Dulles was charged with determining the extent and commitment of the opposition to Hitler. Germany''s Underground is the most important firsthand account we have of Allied contact with that opposition,and the most concise and readable history of the men and women from every stratum of German society who made up this complex web.
£14.24
Hachette Books Fortress Third Reich German Fortifications and Defense Systems in World War II
Book SynopsisThe Atlantic Wall is perhaps the most famous of Germany's World War II-era fortification lines in Europe, but Hitler built many others, from elaborate coastal defenses along the English Channel to the nearly impervious lines protecting the German homeland-the massive West Wall and the hurriedly built East Wall. Fortress Third Reich is the first and only comprehensive treatment of Germany's World War II fortifications and the important Nazi defensive systems, such as the Reich's highly feared air defense. The authors present an in-depth and detailed account of all German fortifications and defensive systems of World War II, supplemented by scores of remarkable technical drawings by Robert M. Jurga.
£18.74
Hachette Books First Seals
Book SynopsisIn the summer of 1942, an extraordinary group of men united to form an exceptional unit. Known as the Maritime Unit, it comprised America''s first swimmer-commandos- an elite breed of warrior-spies who were decades ahead of their time when they created the tactics, technology, and philosophy that live on in today''s Navy SEALs. Often armed only with knives and wearing nothing more than swim trunks and flippers, the Maritime Unit''s combat swimmers and other operatives carried out seaborne clandestine missions in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean theatres of World War II. In First SEALs , Patrick K. O''Donnell unearths their incredible history- one of the greatest untold stories of World War II.FirstSEALsBook.comTrade ReviewMilitary Review, U.S. Army "One of the world's preeminent military historians" Sacramento Bee "The Navy's Sea, Air, and Land teams (SEAL) are rightfully legendary, but until now their origin has been obscured by time. In this behind-the-scenes history, readers learn how a World War II group known as the Maritime Unit became the template for today's elite special force." Portland Book Review, 3/5/15 "Those having interest in World War II history will love the result of [O'Donnell's] research...The writing in this book is very good, very readable." Proceedings, June 2015 "O'Donnell sets the scene for today's SEALs and provides the reader with the history of the inception of Navy special operations." Seapower, June 2015 "Much of the history of the MU was buried in classified archives until unearthed by the author." Military Heritage, July 2015 "Extensive research and interviews have now brought this story back to light. The author is an established authority on special operations forces and his new book sheds light on the origin of the SEALs."
£999.99
Hachette Books 81 Days Below Zero
Book SynopsisShortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska''s Ladd Field on a routine flight to test their hastily retrofitted B-24 Liberator in harsh winter conditions. The mission ended in a crash that claimed all but one- Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with no wilderness experience. With little more than a parachute for cover and an old Boy Scout knife in his pocket, Crane found himself alone in subzero temperatures. 81 Days Below Zero recounts, for the first time, the full story of Crane''s remarkable twelve-week saga.Trade Review"The hardships endured by Leon Crane are unimaginable, and author Brian Murphy expertly takes the reader into Crane's inspiring journey of survival. You will find yourself rooting for Crane to take the next step, make the next right decision, and fight on. 81 Days Below Zero pulls you into Crane's thought process, and you might find yourself wondering, 'What would I have done in a similar situation?' Few of us would have that combination of creativeness and mental fortitude to do what Crane did."--Michael J. Tougias, author of Fatal Forecast, A Storm Too Soon, and Overboard Kirkus Reviews, 4/1/15 "A gripping story" Booklist, 5/15/15 "A solid entry in the perennially popular canon of real-life adventure stories." Roanoke Times review, 6/17/15 "[A] thrilling true story... Many have been the tales of man against nature, the struggle for survival among icy peaks in a howling wilderness--some fictitious (Jack London's "To Build a Fire"), others far too true ("Alive"). Few if any have chronicled such an epic battle as this, the journey of a lone airman from near death to life, in the course of which might be seen a series of miracles, fortified by his indomitable will to survive... It is a well-told tale." Minneapolis Star Tribune, 6/28/15 "81 Days Below Zero by Brian Murphy, is a thrilling page-turner of true-live adventure... Murphy's instincts for pacing and re-creating emotions, dialogue and details are so finely crafted that you might find yourself shivering right along with Crane as he struggles to hang on in subzero conditions with only his Boy Scout knife, 40 matches, a parachute and the clothes on his back." Alaska Dispatch News, 7/12/15 "Pilot's genuine Alaska survival story puts reality TV to shame... As survival tales go, this one is epic...81 Days Below Zero is a traditionally crafted narrative that balances historical details with themes of adventure and unlikely survival. But there is more here than just an unexpected World War II story, which is compelling enough...Murphy shows how close the 21st century is to the events of the past and the quietly heroic actions a historian can take. Reality television has very nearly convinced us that it takes manufactured drama to get our attention. Kudos to Brian Murphy for reminding readers how far from the truth that assertion can be." Portland Review of Books "An exciting, caring, and interesting story." Jacksonville Journal-Courier, 8/16/15 "Murphy relays the incredible survival story in subzero conditions with masterful suspense." Washington Post, 10/11/15 "This would be a great read at the beach on a hot summer day...A riveting story...An interesting saga of survival against formidable odds." WWII History magazine, December 2015 "Leon Crane's amazing story is recounted in great detail. The author relates the young aviator's harrowing tale in smooth prose, which beckons the reader to continue reading. There are many survival stories of airmen and sailors adrift at sea and how they beat the odds. This story reveals how one flyer endured an experience just as extreme and lived to tell about it." Charleston Post and Courier, 1/17/16 "[A] sharply detailed, gripping account...The reader shivers with Crane as he ponders each next step through a desolate Alaskan forest when a warm day during the winter of 1943 is zero degrees Fahrenheit...A fresh, vivid, film-worthy tale of World War II survival." Military Officer, February 2016 "Murphy vividly describes Crane's World War II Alaskan ordeal." Collected Miscellany, 1/28/16 "Gripping...Murphy perfectly captures Crane's predicament of trying to survive in some of the most brutal terrain and weather on the planet...This book is an epic story of one man's will to survive in a harsh environment." Advance Praise for 81 Days Below Zero "In 81 Days Below Zero, Brian Murphy rediscovers one of the most astounding survival stories in Alaskan history. The account is all the more remarkable because of Leon Crane's lifelong reluctance to talk about his ordeal. Murphy has saved from oblivion a tale that resonates with inspiration more than seventy years later."--David Roberts, author of Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration "This is a great story, wonderfully told. From the moment the doomed plane takes off until the lone survivor rejoins civilization, the reader is taken on a thrilling, emotional, and hugely satisfying ride. Seamlessly interweaving the pilot's intense struggle against the elements with the broader history of the war, Alaska, and the home front, Brian Murphy has created a fascinating page-turner that you will not want to put down."--Eric Jay Dolin, author of Leviathan and When America First Met China
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Random House USA Inc Agent Zigzag
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Random House USA Inc Operation Mincemeat
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Random House USA Inc Blacketts War
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Random House USA Inc Double Cross The True Story of the DDay Spies
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “superb [and] intensely readable” (The Washington Post) untold story of one of the greatest deceptions of World War II and the extraordinary spies who achieved it—from the bestselling author of Prisoners of the Castle “Not since Ian Fleming and John le Carré has a spy writer so captivated readers.”—The Hollywood Reporter On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. A stunning military achievement, it was also a masterpiece of trickery. Operation Fortitude, which protected and enabled the invasion, and the Double Cross system, which specialized in turning German spies into double agents, tricked the Nazis into believing that the Allied attacks would come in Calais and Norway rather than Normandy. It was the most sophisticated and successful deception o
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Palgrave MacMillan Us The Atlantic Charter 8 The World of the Roosevelts
Book SynopsisThis remarkable collection of essays is the result of an international conference of American, British, and Canadian scholars held at Memorial University of Newfoundland that marked the 50th anniversary of the historic meeting.Table of ContentsThe Atlantic Charter - Introduction: The Making of a Commemoration: The Atlantic Charter Fifty Years Later; D.Brinkley & D.R.Facey-Crowther - Commemorative Remarks at Placentia Bay, Newfoundland; The Honorable W.J.vanden Heuvel, U.S. Ambassador E.Ney & British High Commissioner B.Fall - The First Summit: FDR and the Riddle of Personal Diplomacy; T.A.Wilson - Roosevelt, the Sea, and International Security; G.Smith - The Atlantic Charter: Idea and Reality, 1942-1945; L.Gardner - The Atlantic Charter: 'With All Deliberate Speed'; W.F.Kimball - The Man Who Wasn't There: Mackenzie King, Canada and the Atlantic Charter; J.L.Granatstein - British Foreign Policy and the Churchill-Roosevelt Meeting of August 1941; D.Reynolds - The Atlantic Charter and its Charter: A Canadian's Reflections; J.Eayrs - An Eyewitness Account of the Atlantic Charter Meeting; D.Robinson - Acknowledgements - Notes on Contributors - Index
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St Martin's Press Holocaust Poetry
£12.35
St. Martin's Publishing Group Ten Green Bottles
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St. Martins Press-3PL Inside Hitlers Bunker
£10.44
Griffin Publishing Easy Company Soldier The Legendary Battles of a
Book SynopsisTakes us not only into the battles fought from Normandy to Germany, but into the heart and mind of a soldier who beat the odds to become an elite paratrooper and lost his best friend during the nightmarish engagement at Bastogne.Trade ReviewAuthor [Don Malarkey] shares his story of those bloody days fighting his way from the shores of France to the heartland of Germany, and the epic story of how an adventurous kid from Oregon became a leader of men. Powell Valley News "First of all, you're going to love this book ... together, we were the best (not bragging). In training and in combat, we never had any problems. We've been friends for life, over sixty-five years. He's my hero. William "Wild Bill" Guarnere, member of Easy Company and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends Don Malarkey is a staunch patriot who truly understands the principles for which we fought. He contributed his all in building the reputation of the 101st Airborne as a great fighting unit. His life today epitomizes the standards to which all good Americans should strive to emulate. Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton, member of Easy Company and author of Call of Duty "Don Malarkey: an outstanding soldier in combat, a gentleman with the memory of an elephant who I always will consider to be an esteemed friend. Dick Winters, Commander of Easy Company and author of the New York Times bestseller Beyond Band of Brothers Very conscientious, very compassionate. We had great men in Easy Company and Don was one of the best. When I joined the men [in England], he took care of me like I was a Currahee man. He was a dead shot with the mortar. Ed "Babe" Heffron, member of Easy Company and co-author of the New York Times bestseller Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends "
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ABC-CLIO Behind a Curtain of Silence
Book SynopsisMost Americans are unaware that Soviet forces detained and imprisoned Japanese soldiers and civilians on a massive scale following World War II.Table of ContentsThe August War Japanese Settlers and the Red Army Japanese in Stalin's Labor Camps Marxist-Leninist Indoctrination Attempts to Expedite Repatriation Return to Japan The Final Accounting Index
£55.00
Little, Brown & Company Flyboys
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Little, Brown & Company The Last Lion Box Set Winston Spencer Churchill
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Little, Brown & Company History of United States Naval Operations in World War II Aleutians Gilberts and Marshalls June 1942Aug1944 June 1942 April 1944 Volume 7 v Gilberts Marshalls June 1942 April 1944
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Little, Brown & Company History of United States Naval Operations in World War II The Atlantic Battle Won May 1943May 1945 Volume 10 May 1943 May 1945 v 10
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Little, Brown & Company Us Naval 11Invasions France
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Pan Macmillan Station X
Book SynopsisSTATION X tells the true story, as it has never been told before, of the amazing achievements of the codebreakers working at Bletchley Park in the Second World War.
£12.34
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Nazi Germany 19331945
Book SynopsisJost Dülffer is Professor Emeritus of Modern History at the University of Cologne, Germany.Trade Review'Rich in detail, accurately and well researched, and well balanced...Readers will have an up-to-date, well-organized, thorough and - not least - convincing account of the Nazi state and its policies.' Ian Kershaw, Professor of History, University of Sheffield '...succeeds in introducing most of the central debates on the Nazi period...All in all, this is an impressive work. However, its true worth will emerge through experience of using it as a teaching text, something this reviewer looks forward to doing in the coming years.' German History '...the handling of complex issues is masterful... All in all, this is an impressive work.' German HistoryTable of ContentsWeimar and the rise of National Socialism; the conquest of power 1933-38; preparing for war; the Fuehrer state; the war; origins, breaks and consequences - on the social history and politics of the "national community"; conclusions.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Final Solution
Book SynopsisMaking extensive use of Russian, German, and Polish archives, This book has provides the most exact and detailed reconstruction of the 'Final Solution' yet achieved. Aly illustrates the lunacy of Nazi race policy, and the variety of agencies that went into the gradual shaping of a policy of all-out genocide.Trade Review'This outstanding work - based on detailed research, often into hitherto untapped sources - is the best analysis to date of the complex developments between 1939 and 1941 that produced the Nazi genocide against the Jews.' Ian Kershaw 'Much of the documentation, insight, and argument of the book are both new and important... a fine book from which no one seriously interested in the subject can fail to profit.' Neue Politische Literatur 'Aly is one of the most original, prolific, and controversial figures in this new cohort of historians... his arguments cannot be dismissed easily, since he is an indefatigable researcher as well as a powerful writer... his conclusions are always challenging and provocative... Final Solution is an important addition to the literature on the origins of the Holocaust, and it should be read by anyone who wishes to understand the context within which the genocide of the Jews occurred.' The New Republic 'Aly is among the most original and controversial German writers on the Holocaust.' ChoiceTable of ContentsPolicy toward the Jews, war and resettlement; "making room" for ethnic Germans, chronology - September 1939-April 1940; "Himmler is shifting population.."; "the Madagascar plan", chronology - May-September 1940; "home to the Reich", and into a camp; a major plan fails, chronology - 15 November 1940-15 March 1941; ghetto, work, "the war to the East"; war of extermination and Lebensraum, chronology - 1 May-31 July 1941; disappointed hopes of victory; "the Jews have to go"; elements of the decision to carry out the Holocaust; the murderers' postscripts.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Hitlers Ghettos Voices from a Beleaguered Society 19391944 Arnold Publication
Book SynopsisA history of the east European ghettos, drawing on extensive personal testimonies.Table of ContentsWitnesses from the ghettos: an analysis of the sources / The construction of the ghettos / The reaction of Jews toward ghettoization / The Judenr,,te / The Jewish Police / Life in the Ghettos / Ghetto society: all equal? / Life and death / Work as salvation / Round-ups, deportations and the elimination of the ghettos / Resistance in the ghettos / Conclusion: mortality besieged / Bibliography / Index.
£46.26
Lulu.com Hitlers Doubles FullyIllustrated
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Lulu.com Escape from Corregidor
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Lulu.com Escape from Corregidor
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Lulu.com A Magnificent Fight Marines in the Battle for Wake Island
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Lulu.com Sharing Secrets
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Prague in Danger
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc My Queer War
Book SynopsisIn 1942, a timid, inexperienced twenty-one-year-old Lord reports to Atlantic City, New Jersey, to enlist in the US Army. This title tells the story of this young man's exposure to the terrors, dislocations, and horrors of armed conflict.
£20.67
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Hunting the Truth
Book SynopsisIn this dual autobiography, the Klarsfelds tell the dramatic story of fifty years devoted to bringing Nazis to justice.
£25.50
Random House Publishing Group ANOTHER RIVER ANOTHER TOWN A Teenage Tank Gunner Comes of Age in Combat1945
Book SynopsisMany narrative accounts of men in combat during World War II have conveyed the horrors and emotions of warfare. However, not many reveal in such an intimate way the struggle of innocent youth to adapt to the primitive code of “kill or be killed,” to transform from lads into combat soldiers. Another River, Another Town is the story of John P. Irwin, a teenage tank gunner whose idealistic desire to achieve heroism is shattered by the incredibly different view of life the world of combat demands. He comes to the realization that the realm of warfare has almost nothing in common with the civilian life from which he has come. The interminable fighting, dirt, fatigue, and hunger make the war seem endless. In addition to the killing and destruction on the battlefield, Irwin and his crew are caught up in the unbelievable depravity they encounter at Nordhausen Camp, where slave laborers are compelled to work themselves to death manufacturing the
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc The Diary of a Young Girl
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Ghost Soldiers The Epic Account of World War IIs
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER • “The greatest World War II story never told” (Esquire)—an enthralling account of the heroic mission to rescue the last survivors of the Bataan Death March—from the author of Blood and Thunder. On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty rugged miles to rescue 513 POWs languishing in a hellish camp, among them the last survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March. A recent prison massacre by Japanese soldiers elsewhere in the Philippines made the stakes impossibly high and left little time to plan the complex operation. In Ghost Soldiers Hampton Sides vividly re-creates this daring raid, offering a minute-by-minute narration that unfolds alongside intimate portraits of the prisoners and their lives in the camp. Sides shows how the POWs banded together to survive, defying the Japanese a
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WW Norton & Co Hitlers War Aims V2 The Establishment of the New Order
Book SynopsisAfter an opening chapter that describes the treatment of the Jews in German society, the focus shifts to the government and administration of the conquered countries-ranging from those nations with a substantial population of ethnic Germans to those, such as the Balkan states, where few, if any, Germanic peoples could be found. To round out the account, Professor Rich also deals with Hitler's intentions toward countries and continents that never were brought into the Nazi empire. The volume provides a comprehensive picture of the world that would have existed had Hitler achieved the totality of his war aims.
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W. W. Norton & Company Where Light and Shadow Meet A Memoir
Book SynopsisIn plain eloquence, the woman who married Oskar Schindler tells the true story of their life together, what they did to save the Jews in their factories, and what led to "Schindler's list."
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W. W. Norton & Company Remembering Survival Inside a Nazi SlaveLabor Camp
Book SynopsisWinner of the National Jewish Book Award "An important, revealing story, exceptionally well told." —Jonathan Yardley, Washington PostTrade Review"A master historian of intimate tragedy." -- Moment Magazine"A chilling account." -- The News & Observer"Extraordinary and revealing. Browning powerfully and convincingly vindicates the use of survivor testimony as a precious source for the reconstruction of the past." -- Jewish Review of Books"A wonderfully rich, nuanced book. A major work by a major historian of the Holocaust." -- David Blackbourn, author of The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany"Remembering Survival is a remarkable book about life and death in a little-known Nazi slave-labor camp as seen from the perspective of Jewish survivors. It brilliantly demonstrates how postwar testimonies can become the building blocks for the historical reconstruction of an otherwise hardly documented past. Like Browning’s Ordinary Men, this book will become a must-read." -- Saul Friedlander, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1933–1945"Christopher Browning proves himself once again our indispensable guide through the cruelty and sadness of the larger Holocaust within which his account unfolds. But more: he wrestles agonizingly with the painful question of Polish complicity and the scandalous German acquittal of a monstrous perpetrator. His readers as well as those whose suffering he has recorded stand in his debt." -- Charles Maier, author of Among Empires"Christopher Browning has written what should become a standard work of Holocaust history, a counterpoint to his classic, Ordinary Men. Remembering Survival rests on the testimony of victims whose searing memories…deepen our knowledge of a neglected part of the Holocaust." -- Michael R. Marrus, author of The Holocaust in History"A breakthrough in Holocaust historiography—this is vintage Browning." -- Yehuda Bauer, author of The Death of the Shtetl"Browning is a meticulous and disciplined researcher. What emerges is a highly credible and deeply shocking account of a slave-labor camp where the cruelty and brutality is comparable to the more publicized extermination camps like Treblinka and Auschwitz. An excellent addition to the field of Holocaust studies." -- Booklist
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W. W. Norton & Company Flight from the Reich
Book SynopsisA bold, groundbreaking work that provides the definitive answer to the persistent question: Why didn't more Jews flee Nazi Europe?Trade Review"An important and wide-ranging new history. . . . Dwork and van Pelt show [that] the story of the refugees . . . is crucial to any understanding of the Nazi war against the Jews." -- Tablet"Combining exceptional research with riveting narrative, Flight from the Reich illuminates a less-known chapter in the history of the Holocaust: the accounts of the few who made it to safety." -- Henry Kissinger"A bright shining accomplishment in Holocaust studies. . . . This is a great and powerful book . . . a masterpiece in its own right." -- Open Letters
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Random House USA Inc Last Witnesses
Book Synopsis“A masterpiece” (The Guardian) from the Nobel Prize–winning writer, an oral history of children’s experiences in World War II across RussiaNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST For more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the memory and conscience of the twentieth century. When the Swedish Academy awarded her the Nobel Prize, it cited her for inventing “a new kind of literary genre,” describing her work as “a history of emotions . . . a history of the soul.” Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, Last Witnesses is Alexievich’s collection of the memories of those who were children during World War II. They had sometimes been soldiers as well as witnesses, and their generation grew up with the trauma of the war deeply embedded—a trauma that would change the course of the Russian nation. Coll
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Penguin Publishing Group Call of Duty
Trade Review"Second Platoon was indeed 'blessed' to have Buck Compton as our leader. He was a quiet and strong officer who, above all, listened and talked to all men under his command. I could never say enough to express my thanks and admiration for Buck Compton." -William "Wild Bill" Guarnere
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