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iUniverse Lucky Sweetbrier Coast Guard Cutter Survives WWII Okinawa Kamikazes Typhoons and More
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iUniverse Tillis Story My Thoughts Are Free
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iUniverse May Day May Day Close Encounters
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iUniverse Sztetl My Life in a Small Polish Town Before the Holocaust
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iUniverse Blueberry Pie The Meaning of WWII for the Americans Who Fought in It
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iUniverse Sardonic Satisfaction Uncle Bomby Bobs Letters Home
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iUniverse Taken A Lament for a Lost Ethnicity
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Footprints Publishing Pty Ltd An RAF Time Capsule
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Bookpod One Day in May Bleiburg 1945
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Nigel Askey Operation Barbarossa
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Alicia Hitchcock Barbed Wire and Brumbies
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Superscript Publishing Shooting Through Campo 106 escaped POWs after the Italian Armistice
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Kathryn Gauci In the Shadow of the Pyrenees
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Harvard University Press De Gaulle
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewEveryone should read [this] whether they can remember the events concerned or not. It is a remarkable book in which the man widely chosen as the Greatest Frenchman is dissected, intelligently and lucidly, then put together again in an extraordinary fair-minded, highly readable portrait. Throughout, the book tells a thrilling story. -- Antonia Fraser * New Statesman *Charles de Gaulle was among the most extraordinary visionaries of the 20th century… Jackson’s new biography makes awesome reading, and is a tribute to the fascination of its subject, and to Jackson’s mastery of it… A triumph, and hugely readable. -- Max Hastings * Sunday Times *Jackson sets out to demythologize the General without debunking him. With a fluent style and near-total command of existing and newly available sources, he peers behind the monolithic façade to unmask a composite of opposing traits…In crafting the finest one-volume life of de Gaulle in English, Julian Jackson has come closer than anyone before him to demystifying this conservative at war with the status quo, for whom national interests were inseparable from personal honor and ‘a certain idea of France.’ -- Richard Norton Smith * Wall Street Journal *Julian Jackson’s biography is a worthy monument to this extraordinary figure. He has a good eye for the telling quotation and a magnificent capacity to place de Gaulle, one of the most fascinating subjects in twentieth-century politics, in his historical and political setting. The result is a wonderful history of modern France disguised as the biography of a statesman. -- Mark Mazower * New York Review of Books *A sweeping-yet-concise introduction to the most brilliant, infuriating, and ineffably French of men. -- Ross Douthat * New York Times *Classically composed and authoritative…Jackson does a brilliant job detailing the evolution of de Gaulle from a normal French officer who has contempt for the squabbling, mediocre politicians of the Third Republic into a clear voice for republicanism…Jackson writes wonderful political history. -- Adam Gopnik * New Yorker *De Gaulle remains France’s most important political figure since Napoleon…A judicious, authoritative, lucid, and engaging portrait…De Gaulle will likely remain the standard biography for many years to come. -- David A. Bell * The Nation *Impressive. [Jackson is] always thorough but never pedantic, always clarifying but never simplifying, and he deploys an enormous amount of research with a consistently light touch and a dry wit his illustrious subject might have appreciated…Charles de Gaulle has been extremely well-served by this big and judiciously blunt new biography. The de Gaulle myth will doubtless continue to grow...but de Gaulle the man is painted perfectly in these pages. -- Steve Donoghue * Christian Science Monitor *A masterly study of Charles de Gaulle, the most formidable man to govern his country since Napoleon, that leaves not a scintilla of doubt about his greatness. * Sunday Times *It leaves previous works entirely in the shade, largely because of its impeccable research and a rare objectivity and empathy…[A] masterpiece. -- Antony Beevor * The Spectator *A gripping and insightful account of the man who was at the heart of all the main events of French (and therefore European) history in the twentieth century. -- Tim Crane * Times Literary Supplement *Shows the art of historical biography alive and well, reminding us that memories of war and fierce patriotism could also be a constructive force in the remaking of postwar Europe. -- John Bew * New Statesman *This superb biography of the former French leader brilliantly explores how he managed to dominate his country’s political life for decades…Form[s] as good an argument as one can make for believing that a single individual can alter the course of history. But Jackson, with sublime prose and a sure grasp of the politics and personalities of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Republics, never allows that argument to overshadow De Gaulle’s extremely difficult and domineering personality, and why it never entirely fit the democracy he helped rescue and then presided over. * New Yorker *An unforgettable portrait of a divisive, awkward, self-contradictory but immensely impressive figure, [written] with empathy, deep scholarship and shafts of enlivening Gallic wit. Jackson’s de Gaulle epitomizes the untranslatable French concepts of gloire and grandeur; but his biography is also a riveting profile of a figure whose private life, personal sadnesses, unpredictable intellectual passions and achievements, and astounding qualities of perseverance made him truly a ‘great man’, albeit a uniquely exasperating one. -- Roy Foster, chair of the judges of the Elizabeth Longford Prize[An] outstanding biography…with scholarship of the highest class…A truly great book, for after this all other biographies can be cast aside. * The Telegraph *[A] tenaciously researched, nuanced, largely sympathetic biography. -- Lawrence Klepp * Weekly Standard *Everything about Charles de Gaulle was outsized: his physical frame, the range of his strategic thinking, his commitment to French prestige, his personal austerity. He saved his country twice: in 1940–1944, by maintaining a French presence in the fight against Hitler; and after 1958 by ending a fruitless war in Algeria and by giving France an effective governing structure. Julian Jackson brings commensurate qualities to this admiring but clear-sighted biography: unrestricted access to the archives, commanding knowledge of the period, and an eye for revelatory detail. Here at last is the biography this titanic figure deserves. -- Robert O. Paxton, author of Vichy FranceFully 60 years after de Gaulle emerged from retirement to found the Fifth Republic, and nearly half a century after he quit the presidency following defeat in a referendum, he remains a towering figure in the French imagination, as Julian Jackson, a British historian, chronicles in his compelling and painstakingly documented biography. * The Economist *Jackson has brought de Gaulle to life for English speakers, while revealing the many ways the great Frenchman remains relevant to us today…[A] splendid biography. -- Walter M. Hudson * American Interest *A gripping and enlightening reflection on political power and its mysteries…Jackson accomplishes far more than merely compiling a chronology. The book also paints a compelling portrait of its subject’s inner life and its most salient aspect—his natural affinity for power. -- Bruno Maçães * Foreign Policy *[A] tremendous life of de Gaulle…Jackson is the author of a memorable sequence of histories of 1930s and 1940s France, but this is the peak, lucid and witty from first to last, charitable where possible, merciless where necessary, carefully quarried down to the last cobblestone of Paris and Algiers. -- Ferdinand Mount * London Review of Books *Jackson’s riveting biography of Charles de Gaulle…portrays a divisive, self-contradictory but still legendary figure; the book also vividly profiles twentieth-century France from the disillusionment of the First World War to the dislocations of the 1960s. * Times Literary Supplement *In this ambitious and magisterial account, leading historian Julian Jackson explores both the history and the myth…Jackson masters both the public arc of de Gaulle’s career, and the detail of his private life and daily routines. He writes elegantly, with punch, insight, and authority. -- Robert Gildea * BBC History *Jackson writes clearly…of de Gaulle’s maneuvering to play both sides against the middle in such instances as the near civil war that broke out in France over the anti-colonial war in Algeria…and of de Gaulle’s elaborate efforts to calve the European powers away from American influence and into the French sphere… [An] excellent, highly useful addition to the library of modern European history as well as the political history of World War II and the Cold War. * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *As close to a definitive biography of Charles de Gaulle, one of the 20th century’s most protean figures, as may be possible…Jackson’s wide-ranging scholarship will dazzle academics, and his smooth synergy of narrative and analysis will engage general readers. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *No doubt the best, most comprehensive, most politically balanced and appropriately distanced [biography] of Charles de Gaulle…Jackson…seems to have written the definitive work on the subject…Deeply impressive, sympathetic to the great man but never overawed by him. It is also exhaustively researched, as beautifully proportioned as a building by Wren, and exquisitely written. * Chronicles *[A] superb and equitable portrait…Jackson writes with verve…He allows de Gaulle’s greatness to speak for itself and treats the general’s writings and military, political, and philosophical reflections with the seriousness that they deserve. His judgments on de Gaulle’s thought and action are almost always illuminating and always measured. Jackson’s is likely to be the authoritative biography of de Gaulle. -- Daniel J. Mahoney * City Journal *Jackson makes it so clear how tied to the history and soul of his country Charles De Gaulle was, and the triumph of this biography is in so expertly showing how that relationship operated throughout De Gaulle’s life. For someone wanting to know something about the character and ideals of France, you can find them eloquently and expertly expressed by this wonderful retelling of the life of Charles De Gaulle. * Books and (Re)views *A far more sophisticated accounting of the man, showing empathy for a leader who believed fervently in his own moment in time, a man who was emblematic of France’s fatalistic view of itself…For anyone interested in the man or that era, this is an indispensable read…By the end, we have been given an invaluable sense of de Gaulle and his times. -- Thomas Filbin * Arts Fuse *A truly remarkable treatment of the life of one of the greatest statesmen of the 20th century, and a master class in how to write a political biography…This magnificent biography of a man whose foreign policy views have all-too-often been crudely simplified or mischaracterized provides a good point of departure for such efforts toward a shrewder and more empathetic mode of alliance management. -- Iskander Rehman * War on the Rocks *Beautifully written and comprehensive, it includes very interesting discussions of De Gaulle’s attitude toward French Jews in decades when the French army and French right were deeply anti-Semitic, and toward Israel when he was France’s president. -- Elliott Abrams * Mosaic *Jackson’s remarkable new biography of Charles de Gaulle is a gripping read, even for those familiar with the dramatic histories in which he played a leading role. It works so well because Jackson weaves into the history of events de Gaulle’s character…Jackson systematically confronts myth with historical research, without forgetting that de Gaulle’s myth was an essential ingredient of French history. -- Kevin Passmore * Journal of Modern History *
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Random House USA Inc We Were Soldiers Onceand Young Ia Drang the
Book SynopsisEach year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The Commandant's choice for 1993 was We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young. In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion was chopped to pieces. Together, these actions at the landing zones X-Ray and Albany constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War. How these men persevered--sacrificed themselves for their comrades and never gave up--makes a vivid portrait of war at its most inspiring and devastating. General Moore and Joseph Galloway, the only journalist on the ground throughout the fighting, have interviewed hundreds of
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Simon & Schuster DDay June 6 1944 The Climactic Battle of World
Book SynopsisChronicles the events, politics, and personalities of this pivotal day in World War II, shedding light on the strategies of commanders on both sides and the ramifications of the battle.
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Simon & Schuster Survival in Auschwitz
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Armed With Cameras
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DavidDorfmeier CLager Stalag Luft IV the 86Day Hunger March
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas In the Shadow of the Holocaust Nazi Persecution of JewishChristian Germans
Book SynopsisThe ""Halbjuden"" of Hitler's Germany were half Christian and half Jewish, but, like the rest of the ""Mischlinge"" (""partial-Jews""), were far too Jewish in the eyes of the Nazis. James Tent recounts how these men and women from all walks of life struggled to survive in an increasingly hostile society.Trade ReviewAn important book of great interest to all students of twentieth-century Germany. Walter Laqueur, Editor Of The Holocaust Encyclopedia; ""A fine and extremely well written book that will be of great interest to all who are concerned with the Nazi experience and its immediate aftermath."" Gerhard Weinberg, Author Of A World At Arms; ""Tent has done a prodigious amount of research and it shows in virtually every page."" Michael Berenbaum, Author Of The World Must Know: The History Of The Holocaust; ""A penetrating examination of the persecution of the so-called Mischlinge."" Beate Meyer, Author Of ""Jeudische Mischlinge
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Battle for the Ruhr The German Armys Final Defeat in the West
Book SynopsisThe ensuing battles on German soil - especially those in the so-called Ruhr Pocket - were as fierce and hard-fought as any in the European theater. This work chronicles this key military campaign from a fresh perspective - that of the defeated German soldiers and civilians caught in the final maelstrom of the war's western front.
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Japanese American Cases The Rule of Law in Time of War
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Duckworth Books The Dardanelles Disaster Winston Churchills
Book SynopsisAcclaimed naval military historian Dan van der Vat argues that the disaster at the Dardanelles not only prolonged the war for two years and brought Britain to the brink of starvation, but also led to the Russian Revolution and contributed to the rapid destabilisation of the Middle East.Trade Review'A fascinating account' Nautical Magazine'Dan van der Vat has built a powerful reputation as a naval historian. The Dardanelles Disaster is a thundering assessment of a long-forgotten campaign that was a minefield of diplomacy and a failure of deep consequence that paved the way for the Russian revolution' Oxford Times
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HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd Doctors War
Book SynopsisAfter the end of the WWII, Australia's Directorate of War Graves Services uncovered a document hidden in a bottle. It was a summary of the secret diary of Dr Rowley Richards, a POW and medical officer on the Burma-Siam Railway. This memoir, about battle, imprisonment and survival, is based on the diary summary and Richards' other wartime writings.
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Hachette Australia The Fight for Australia
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Xlibris Return to Iwo Jima 50
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Xlibris Corporation Tales of an American Soldier From KP to Seeing His Former Nazi Leaders in the Dock at Nuremberg
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Xlibris Corporation When Tears Fall Short
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Xlibris Battlin Bastards and Pigboats
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Xlibris The LCT Story
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Xlibris Us Naval Air Station Melbourne Florida World War II
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Xlibris Memory of Kindness
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Xlibris Corporation Pearl Harbor Mother of All Conspiracies
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Simon & Schuster Overlord
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New Generation Publishing Ltd The Invisible College Demons of the Third Reich
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AuthorHouse The Way It Was A World War II Memoir
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AuthorHouse With Rommels Army in Libya
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AuthorHouse An UnAnticipated Adventure Fort Custer to the Normandy Beaches Belgium and Germany 19431945
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AuthorHouse All My Love Forever Letters Home from a World War II Citizen Soldier Written in 19431945
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AuthorHouse Attack Transport We Led the Way and Wrote the BookFirst Offensive in the Pacific WWIIUSN and USMC
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AuthorHouse Damon and Pythias in World War II
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AuthorHouse The Mysterious Visitor
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AuthorHouse For America Our Last Hurrah Six World War II Veterans Speak Out
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AuthorHouse For America Our Last Hurrah Six World War II Veterans Speak Out
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AuthorHouse Born Into Turmoil
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AuthorHouse Air Marshall Sir Arthur Harris and General Curtis E LeMay A Comparative Analytical Biography
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AuthorHouse Memories of a Tour of Duty WWII in Europe
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