Second World War Books

Book SynopsisROBERT BOYCE is Senior Lecturer in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics.JOSEPH A. MAIOLO is Lecturer in International History in the Department of War Studies, King's College London.

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Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestseller now a major motion picture starring Jessica Chastain. A true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.Trade Review"A lovely story about the Holocaust might seem like a grotesque oxymoron. But in The Zookeeper’s Wife, Diane Ackerman proves otherwise. Here is a true story—of human empathy and its opposite—that is simultaneously grave and exuberant, wise and playful. Ackerman has a wonderful tale to tell, and she tells it wonderfully." -- Washington Post Book World"A poignant and absorbing book." -- New York Times Book Review"I can’t imagine a better story or storyteller. The Zookeeper’s Wife will touch every nerve you have." -- Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything is Illuminated"A fresh and compelling addition to Holocaust literature." -- San Francisco Chronicle"A stunning tale of war and sanctuary [that is] perceptive, knowledgeable and rhapsodic.… How incisively and damningly Ackerman dissects the Nazis’ perverted view of nature.… A shining book beyond category.… It is no stretch to say that this is the book Ackerman was meant to write." -- Los Angeles Times"Author Diane Ackerman offers us The Zookeeper’s Wife, a tale of untold bravery with a whimsical dose of history reminiscent of Noah’s Ark.… Ackerman’s story is a treatise on nobility—a word that applies to some humans and all the animals in The Zookeeper’s Wife." -- USA Today"Diane Ackerman has surpassed even herself in her latest book, which is alternatingly funny, moving, and terrifying. This powerful thriller would be a great novel—except that it happens to be true." -- Jared Diamond, author of Collapse and Guns, Germs, and Steel

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Book SynopsisShortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, and named a best book of the year by the New York Times, NPR, Elle, Time, and more, The Shadow King is an “unforgettable epic from an immensely talented author who’s unafraid to take risks” (Michael Schaub, NPR).Trade Review"Lyrical, remarkable." -- New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice"Capacious.… adopts the register of myth to shape an epic of nationhood and resistance." -- The New Yorker"Unforgettable.… [A] propulsive read that captures a historical moment from a fresh perspective." -- Time"[The Shadow King] is written in a key of pride and exaltation, and its characters have the outsize form of national heroes.… Stirring." -- Sam Sacks - Wall Street Journal"In haunting and beautiful prose, Mengiste shines a light on those whose lives are not often heralded." -- Newsweek"Ambitious and illuminating." -- Elizabeth Sile - Real Simple"A beautiful and thoughtful epic." -- Francesca Capossela - Los Angeles Review of Books"Stunning.… [Mengiste] produced a work of fiction that is epic in reach, with brilliant borrowings from the forms of classic tragedy.… The book is impossible to put down or put out of mind." -- BookPage (starred review)"The Shadow King exposes a brutal chapter in Ethiopia’s history and urges readers to listen for the untold stories of war, especially those of women." -- Katie Noah Gibson - Shelf Awareness"Monumental.… Mengiste’s extraordinary characters—shrewd Kidane, militant Aster, the enigmatic cook, narcissistic Italian commander Fucelli, conflicted photographer Ettore, elusive prostitute Fifi, even haunted Selassie—epitomize the impossibly intricate ties between humanity and monstrosity, and the unthinkable, immeasurable cost of survival." -- Booklist (starred review)

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFinancial Times?s Summer books "Raghavan?s panoramic and richly detailed book deserves the accolades that it is receiving as the most comprehensive account of the subcontinent?s experiences in the second world war. A historian at King?s College London, Raghavan unearths much new detail and displays a masterful grasp of wartime diplomacy and economics." Washington Times "A highly readable account of one of the more complex -- and ignored -- phase of World War II." Library Journal "Raghavan has written what will probably become the standard account of India?s involvement in World War II." Publishers Weekly "India's War provides a much-needed window into the wartime experiences of ordinary Indians. As imperial subjects fighting Nazi tyranny, yet denied freedom themselves, the subalterns of the Indian Army found themselves caught between sovereignty and liberty in unknown lands. In making these forgotten voices heard, Raghavan succeeds admirably." Open Magazine (India) "[Raghavan] is unarguably our finest military historian. Like the best in the genre, he turns the battlefields of the past into pages where we read the backstories of our political existence-- and makes history intimate and immediate." Wall Street Journal "[A]s Mr. Raghavan?s fascinating account of the geopolitics of the war makes clear, there is more at stake in the history of India in World War II than 'rounding out? the story... The history [Raghavan] writes is inspired by the search for a wider horizon for India as a regional superpower beyond the confining frame bequeathed by World War II and the ragged end of British Empire in Asia. It is all the more important and urgent for that." Economist "Raghavan usefully supplies the facts, in charts, figures, maps and details of military operations... He also gives thorough, fascinating and revealing accounts of the economic transformations." Financial Times "A panoramic work, spanning the deliberations of the highest Allied councils of war to the febrile mood on the streets of Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, in the shadow of the Japanese advance... Raghavan?s splendid history is a reminder not just of India?s historic contribution to the defeat of fascism, but also its geopolitical potential throughout the Indo-Pacific." Kirkus Reviews "World War II was a crucible that forged the modern identities of South Asian nations in ways rarely acknowledged since... India's War illuminates that period." Booklist "An illuminating political, sociological, and historical study of India?s role in WWII. Raghavan expertly fills a gap in twentieth-century history and geopolitical collections." Spectator (UK) "Absorbing and important... this rational and detailed book should start a debate." Independent (UK) "Ambitious... Raghavan's study fulfills his mission in presenting readers with intertwined narratives of military campaigns, international strategies, and the rise of the freedom struggle that was to determine the future of the subcontinent." New Indian ExpressTable of Contents1. Politics of War 2. Defence of India 3. Competing Offers 4. Mobilizing India 5. Into Africa 6. The Oil Campaigns 7. Fox Hunting 8. Collapsing Dominoes 9. Coils of War 10. Declarations for India 11. Rumour and Revolt 12. Indian National Armies 13. Allies at War 14. War Economy 15. Around the Mediterranean 16. Preparation 17. Back to Burma 18. Post-war Epilogue: Last Post

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Book SynopsisWhat makes a good missionary makes a good American spy, or so thought Office of Special Services (OSS) founder Wild Bill Donovan when he recruited religious activists into the first ranks of American espionage. Called upon to serve Uncle Sam, Donovan''s recruits saw the war as a means of expanding their godly mission, believing an American victory would guarantee the safety of their fellow missionaries and their coreligionists abroad.Drawing on never-before-seen archival materials, acclaimed historian Matthew Sutton shows how religious activists proved to be true believers in Franklin Roosevelt''s crusade for global freedom of religion. Sutton focuses on William Eddy, a warrior for Protestantism who was fluent in Arabic; Stewart Herman, a young Lutheran minister rounded up by the Nazis while pastoring in Berlin; Stephen B. L. Penrose, Jr., who left his directorship over missionary schools in the Middle East to join the military rank and file; and John Birch, a fundamentalist

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Book SynopsisThe horrors of the Nazi regime and the Holocaust still present some of the most disturbing questions in modern history: Why did Hitler''s party appeal to millions of Germans, and how entrenched was anti-Semitism among the population? How could anyone claim, after the war, that the genocide of Europe''s Jews was a secret? Did ordinary non-Jewish Germans live in fear of the Nazi state? In this unprecedented firsthand analysis of daily life as experienced in the Third Reich, What We Knew offers answers to these most important questions. Combining the expertise of Eric A. Johnson, an American historian, and Karl-Heinz Reuband, a German sociologist, What We Knew is the most startling oral history yet of everyday life in theThird Reich.

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Book SynopsisThe bestselling graphic novel acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” (Wall Street Journal) and “the first masterpiece in comic book history” (The New Yorker) • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • One of Variety’s “Banned and Challenged Books Everyone Should Read”Here is the paper back boxed set, in its original two-volume format, re-released to include a sixteen-page booklet designed by the artist.A brutally moving work of art—widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written—Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of

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Book SynopsisThis is the story of Tom Phelps and the ''other Kokoda Track''. Seventy-five years later, Tom''s grandson, award-winning actor and writer Peter Phelps, is sharing this inspiring tale of resilience and survival.March 1942: The world is at war. Too old to fight and with jobs scarce at home, Tom Phelps found work as a carpenter in the goldfields of the New Guinea Highlands. No one expected the Japanese to attack in the Pacific. But they did.Tom and his mates weren''t going to hang around and wait to be killed. With escape routes bombed by the Japanese, their only option was to try to reach safety by foot, through some of the most rugged terrain on Earth - the Bulldog Track.Back home in Sydney, Rose Phelps, their son, George, and three daughters, Joy, Shirley and Ann, waited for news of Tom''s fate. George watched the horrors of war unfold on newsreels knowing his dad was ''over there''.Travelling by foot, raft, canoe, schooner, train, luck Trade ReviewHis appreciation for a good story is evident; this writer possesses a commanding turn of phrase. * Manly Daily *Review * Golden Plains Miner *This book perfectly captures the Aussie spirit and the heart of what mateship really means. * Gemsbooknook *The themes of separation, loneliness, doubt and heroism are all here, and we gain a clear picture of the emotional cost of war to an individual family. * Honest History *The amazing feat of his indomitable grandfather and his ragged but resilient companions has been presented in an exciting story demonstrating great family pride and affection. * ReadPlus Blog *Phelps' story is an extraordinary and unforgettable read. * Warcry Magazine *

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Book SynopsisThe riveting story of the missing piece of Australia''s World War II history, told by bestselling historian Mat McLachlan (Walking with the Anzacs, Gallipoli: The Battlefield Guide).During World War II, in the town of Cowra in central New South Wales, Japanese prisoners of war were held in a POW camp. By August 1944, over a thousand were interned and on the icy night of August 5th they staged one of the largest prison breakouts in history, launching the only land battle of World War II to be fought on Australian soil. Five Australian soldiers and more than 230 Japanese POWs would die during what became known as The Cowra Breakout.This compelling and fascinating book, written by one of Australia''s leading battlefield historians, vividly traces the full story of the Breakout. It is a tale of proud warriors and misfit Australian soldiers. Of negligence and complacency, and of authorities too slow to recognise danger before it occurred - and too quick to c

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Book SynopsisA Coastwatcher''s work is ... to sit in hiding like a spider, right in the web of the enemy, unseen and unheard. We became the eyes and ears of the Pacific.'' Reg Evans, CoastwatcherHidden deep in the jungles and high in the mountains of the Southwest Pacific during World War II, Australia''s secret army - the Coastwatchers - reported every move of the Japanese invaders to Allied intelligence.Following World War I, the Coastwatcher organisation was formed from European planters, missionaries and patrol officers living in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. All volunteers, they were tasked with keeping an eye on Australia''s porous northern border and providing early warnings via radio.When World War II came to the Pacific, however, overnight the Coastwatchers found themselves no longer just observers but spies operating behind enemy lines. Besides evading the enemy''s desperate efforts to hunt them down, the Coastwatchers battled exhaustion, tropical d

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Book SynopsisThe Battle for Milne Bay - Japan''s first defeat on land in the Second World War - was a defining moment in the evolution of the indomitable Australian fighting spirit. For the men of the AIF, the militia and the RAAF, it was the turning point in the Pacific, and their finest - though now largely forgotten - hour. Forgotten, until now.In August 1942, Japan''s forces were unstoppable. Having conquered vast swathes of south-east Asia - Malaya, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies - and now invading New Guinea, many feared the Empire of the Rising Sun stood poised to knock down Australia''s northern door.But first they needed Port Moresby. In the still of an August night, Japanese marines sailed quietly into Milne Bay, a long, malaria-ridden dead end at the far eastern tip of Papua, to unleash an audacious pincer movement. Unbeknown to them, however, a secret airstrip had been carved out of a coconut plantation by US Engineers, and a garrison of Australian troops had been established, supported by two locally based squadrons of RAAF Kittyhawks, including the men of the famed 75 Squadron. The scene was set for one of the most decisive and vicious battles of the war.For ten days and nights Australia''s soldiers and airmen fought the elite of Japan''s forces along a sodden jungle track, and forced them back step by muddy, bloody step.In Turning Point, bestselling author Michael Veitch brings to life the incredible exploits and tragic sacrifices of these Australian heroes.Trade ReviewVeitch has done a wonderful job . . . a fast-paced and thrilling tale * Daily Telegraph on Michael Veitch's Barney Greatrex *Veitch has done a wonderful job . . . a fast-paced and thrilling tale * Daily Telegraph on Michael Veitch's Barney Greatrex *should be part of Australian military folklore * Adelaide Advertiser on Michael Veitch's 44 Days *should be part of Australian military folklore * Adelaide Advertiser on Michael Veitch's 44 Days *fascinating . . . Veitch brings the story vividly to life * Sydney Morning Herald on Michael Veitch's Barney Greatrex *fascinating . . . Veitch brings the story vividly to life * Sydney Morning Herald on Michael Veitch's Barney Greatrex *

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Book SynopsisThis is the first study of the aims that motivated the major powers - the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, Germany and Japan - to fight in the Second World War. The book shows, in a way that has not previously been attempted, how some war aims were constants that were unlikely to be abandoned except as a result of total defeat while others arose and sometimes declined as a result of the fortunes of war. Fresh light is shed on the wartime transition of the United States and the Soviet Union to superpower status, while the author shows that consistency is most evident in Great Britain, content with the international prewar status quo, and Nazi Germany, intent from the first on destroying it and replacing it with a new order in which all liberal and civilised values would be annihilated.Based largely on published sources, including published documentary material, the aim is to ensure accessibility for a range of readers. The level at which it is pitched, the synthesis of a broad range oTrade ReviewIn this thoughtful analysis Rothwell provides a concise summary of the key belligerents' war aims, something that few other monographs have done ! War Aims is a well written work, based on extensive and thorough grounding in the profuse secondary literature, and is highly recommended. An excellent idea! I know of no single-volume study on the topic. -- Dr David Reynolds, Cambridge Carefully thought-out and well-constructed! I am familiar with Dr Rothwell's work, above all his book on war aims during the First World War, and it is this book that inspires confidence for a similar one on the Second World War. -- Professor Roger Louis, University of Texas War Aims id a well written work, based on extensive and thorough grounding in the profuse secondary literature, and is highly recommended. -- Russell A. Hart, Hawai'i Pacific University The Journal of Military History Both books can be read profitably by any and all students and scholars interested in the unfolding of the Second World War. Each author, in short, can take justifiable pride in his work. -- S. P. Mackenzie, University of South Carolina European History Quarterly In this thoughtful analysis Rothwell provides a concise summary of the key belligerents' war aims, something that few other monographs have done ! War Aims is a well written work, based on extensive and thorough grounding in the profuse secondary literature, and is highly recommended. An excellent idea! I know of no single-volume study on the topic. Carefully thought-out and well-constructed! I am familiar with Dr Rothwell's work, above all his book on war aims during the First World War, and it is this book that inspires confidence for a similar one on the Second World War. War Aims id a well written work, based on extensive and thorough grounding in the profuse secondary literature, and is highly recommended. Both books can be read profitably by any and all students and scholars interested in the unfolding of the Second World War. Each author, in short, can take justifiable pride in his work.Table of ContentsMaps; German war aims map; American war aims map; Soviet war aims map; Japanese war aims map; 1. War aims in modern history; 2. Germany and Italy; 3. Britain and France; 4. The United States; 5. The Soviet Union; 6. Japan and the Grand Allies in East Asia; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe first anthology to address the relationship between the events of the Nazi genocide and the intellectual concerns of contemporary literary and cultural theory in one substantial and indispensable volume.Trade ReviewA highly intelligent collection of writings ! While some of the pieces have already been published elsewhere their juxtaposition [!] gives them renewed power and provocativeness. This anthology is a source of information, argument and debate that will sustain readers and students of the subject for years to come. An extremely impressive, wide-ranging and timely reader, and an outstanding resource for teaching and studying the Holocaust. -- Dr Robert Eaglestone, Deputy Director, Research Centre for the Holocaust and Twentieth Century History, Royal Holloway, University of London A truly excellent selection of responses to the Holocaust ! exceptional in its ability to conjoin efforts at historical analysis with broader critical and theoretical issues. -- Dominick LaCapra, Cornell University A highly intelligent collection of writings ! While some of the pieces have already been published elsewhere their juxtaposition [!] gives them renewed power and provocativeness. This anthology is a source of information, argument and debate that will sustain readers and students of the subject for years to come. An extremely impressive, wide-ranging and timely reader, and an outstanding resource for teaching and studying the Holocaust. A truly excellent selection of responses to the Holocaust ! exceptional in its ability to conjoin efforts at historical analysis with broader critical and theoretical issues.Table of ContentsThe Holocaust: Theoretical Readings; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; About this Book; Neil Levi and Michael Rothberg, General Introduction: Theory and the Holocaust; I. Theory and Experience; 1. Primo Levi, The Drowned and the Saved; 2. Jean Amery, Resentments; 3. Charlotte Delbo, Days and Memory; 4. Ruth Kluger, The Camps; II. Historicizing the Holocaust?; 5. Jurgen Habermas, On the Public Use of History; 6. Saul Friedlander, The 'Final Solution': On the Unease in Historical Representation; 7. Dan Diner, Historical Understanding and Counterrationality: The Judenrat as Epistemological Vantage; 8. Zygmunt Bauman, The Uniqueness and Normality of the Holocaust; 9. Omer Bartov, The European Imagination in the Age of Total War; 10. Henry Friedlander, The Origins of Nazi Genocide; III. Nazi Culture, Fascism, and Antisemitism; 11. Kenneth Burke, The Rhetoric of Hitler's 'Battle'; 12. Georges Bataille, The Psychological Structure of Fascism; 13. Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno, Elements of Antisemitism; 14. Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, The Fiction of the Political; 15. Moishe Postone, Anti-Semitism and National Socialism; 16. Christopher Browning, Ordinary Men; IV. Race, Gender, and Genocide; 17. Klaus Theweleit, Floods, Bodies, History 18. Gisela Bock, Racism and Sexism in Nazi Germany; 19. Joan Ringelheim, The Unethical and the Unspeakable: Women and the Holocaust; 20. Pascale Rachel Bos, Women and the Holocaust: Analyzing Gender Difference; V. Psychoanalysis, Trauma, and Memory; 21. Cathy Caruth, Trauma and Experience; 22. Dominick LaCapra, Trauma, Absence, Loss; 23. Saul Friedlander, Trauma and Transference; 24. Eric Santner, History Beyond the Pleasure Principle: Some Thoughts on the Representation of Trauma; 25. Dori Laub, Bearing Witness or the Vicissitudes of Listening; VI. Questions of Religion, Ethics, and Justice; 26. Arthur A. Cohen, Thinking the Tremendum; 27. Emil L. Fackenheim, To Mend the World; 28. Emmanuel Levinas, Ethics and Spirit; 29. Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem; 30. Giorgio Agamben, What is a Camp?; 31. Jean-Francois Lyotard, The Differend; 32. Gillian Rose, New Political Theology: Out of Holocaust and Liberation; VII. Literature and Culture after Auschwitz; 33. Walter Benjamin, Theses on the Philosophy of History; 34. Theodor W. Adorno, Cultural Criticism and Society; 35. Theodor W. Adorno, Meditations on Metaphysics; 36. Irving Howe, Writing and the Holocaust; 37. Sigrid Weigel, Non-Philosophical Amazement/Writing in Amazement: Benjamin's Position in the Aftermath of the Holocaust; 38. Maurice Blanchot, The Writing of the Disaster; 39. Jacques Derrida, Schibboleth; 40. Geoffrey Hartman, Language and Culture after the Holocaust; 41. Sidra Dekoven Ezrahi, Representing Auschwitz; VIII. Modes of Narration; 42. Berel Lang, The Moral Space of Figurative Discourse; 43. James E. Young, Writing the Holocaust; 44. Hayden White, The Modernist Event; 45. Michael A. Bernstein, Against Foreshadowing; 46. Lawrence L. Langer, Deep Memory: The Buried Self; 47. Shoshana Felman, The Return of the Voice: Claude Lanzmann's Shoah; IX. Rethinking Visual Culture; 48. Saul Friedlander, Reflections of Nazism; 49. Jean Baudrillard, Holocaust; 50. Andreas Huyssen, Anselm Kiefer: the Terror of History, the Temptation of Myth; 51. Gertrud Koch, The Aesthetic Transformation of the Image of the Unimaginable: Notes on Claude Lanzmann's Shoah; 52. Lilliane Weissberg, In Plain Sight; X. Latecomers: Negative Symbiosis, Postmemory, and Countermemory; 53. Henri Raczymov, Memory Shot Through with Holes; 54. Marianne Hirsch, Mourning and Postmemory; 55. Dan Diner, Negative Symbiosis: Germans and Jews after Auschwitz; 56. James E. Young, The Countermonument: Memory Against Itself in Germany; XI. Uniqueness, Comparison, and the Politics of Memory; 57. Alan Milchman and Alan Rosenberg, Two Kinds of Uniqueness: The Universal Aspects of the Holocaust; 58. Yehuda Bauer, What Was the Holocaust?; 59. Paul Gilroy, The Black Atlantic; 60. Mahmood Mamdani, Thinking about Genocide; 61. Lilian Friedberg, Dare to Compare: Americanizing the Holocaust; 62. Peter Novick, The Holocaust in American Life; Index.

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Book SynopsisBased upon original research in archives in Ireland, Great Britain, the United States and Canada, this study opens a new page in the history of wartime propaganda and censorshipTrade ReviewNow, for the first time, a detailed and high-quality examination of American and British anti-neutrality propaganda finally exists. Robert Cole's ably written and informative monograph will become a staple reference work for all engaged in researching Irish neutrality during World War II. 'Now, for the first time, a detailed and high-quality examination of American and British anti-neutrality propaganda finally exists. Robert Cole's ably written and informative monograph will become a staple reference work for all engaged in researching Irish neutrality during World War II.' American Historical Review A vital study of propaganda and censorship in the age of mass communications from which historians of several genres will undoutedly profit. -- Mervyn O'Driscoll, University College Cork American Historical Review Now, for the first time, a detailed and high-quality examination of American and British anti-neutrality propaganda finally exists. Robert Cole's ably written and informative monograph will become a staple reference work for all engaged in researching Irish neutrality during World War II. 'Now, for the first time, a detailed and high-quality examination of American and British anti-neutrality propaganda finally exists. Robert Cole's ably written and informative monograph will become a staple reference work for all engaged in researching Irish neutrality during World War II.' American Historical Review A vital study of propaganda and censorship in the age of mass communications from which historians of several genres will undoutedly profit.Table of Contents1. Setting the Stage: April 1937-August 1939; 2. In Dublin's Bright City: September 1939-1940; 3. The Hazards of Neutrality: June-December 1940; 4. More Than Ever 'Ourselves Alone': January-June 1940; 5. From 'Operation Barbarossa' to Pearl Harbor: June-December 1941; 6. Here Come the Yanks!: January-December 1942; 7. Now We Have Won the War!: January-December 1942; 8. Turning the Tide: January-December 1943; 9. Eamon Who?: January 1944-April 1945; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis series is intended both to open up new approaches to the history of the Second World War and to re-assess established themes. Covering the civilian as well as the military aspects of the conflict, the series examines how societies waged war between 1939 and 1945, and the effects of war upon them.For Britain the Second World War exists in popular memory as a time of heroic sacrifice, survival and ultimate victory over Fascism. In the Irish state the years 1939-45 are still remembered simply as `the Emergency''. Eire was one of many small states which in 1939 chose not to stay out of the war but one of the few able to maintain its non-belligerency as a policy.How much this owed to Britain''s military resolve or to the political skills of Eamon de Valera is a key question which this new book explores. It also examines the tensions Eire''s policy created in its relations with Winston Churchill and with the United States. The author also explores propaganda, censorship and Irish state security and the degree to which it involves secret co-operation with Britain. Disturbing issues are also raised like the IRA''s relationship to Nazi Germany and ambivalent Irish attitudes to the Holocaust.Drawing upon both published and unpublished sources, this book illustrates the war''s impact on people on both sides of the border and shows how it failed to resolve sectarian problems in Northern Ireland while raising higher the barriers of misunderstanding between it and the Irish state across its border.Table of ContentsContents; 1 Britain and the Irish Question: An Overview; 2 The Impact of Eire's Neutrality and its Denial of the "Treaty Ports" to Britain; 3 The Economics of the Wartime Relationship between Britain and Ireland as a Whole; 4 The IRA - the Resumption of "Military" Operations in 1939; 5 Propaganda, Intelligence, Espionage, and the Media; 6 Overall Impact of the War Years on British/Irish Relationships; 7 Bibliographical Essay; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines in depth for the first time the origins, development, and reception of the major dramatic screen representations of ''The Few'' in the Battle of Britain produced over the past seventy years. It explores both continuity and change of presentation in relation to a wartime event that acquired near-mythical dimensions in popular consciousness even before it happened and has been represented multiple times over the course of the past seven decades. Alongside technical developments, considerable social, cultural, and political fluctuation (as well as an expansion of factual knowledge concerning the battle itself) occurred in this period, all of which helped to shape how the battle came to be framed at particular junctures. The ways in which the Battle of Britain was being represented in other fictional forms as well histories and commemorations form part of the context in which screen representations are explored. Films discussed in detail include The Lion Has Wings, First of the Few, AngTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - The Battle Foretold: The Lion Has Wings (1939); Chapter 2 - Spitfire of Dreams: The First of the Few (1942); Chapter 3 - One For All: Angels One Five (1952); Chapter 4 - All for One: Reach for the Sky (1956); Chapter 5 - The Big Picture: The Battle of Britain (1969); Chapter 6 - Catalogue of Error: Piece of Cake (1988); Chapter 7 - The Fighter Boys: A Perfect Hero (1991); Conclusion; Select Filmography; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThis book fills a gap in the existing literature on the Second World War by covering the range of challenges, threats, issues, dilemmas, and changes faced and dealt with by Sweden during the conflict.Interest in Sweden''s wartime experiences has increased due to its post-war profile as a neutral that both allowed German troops to transit through its territory and also carried on trading with the Nazi regime during the holocaust years. Many misconceptions and false impressions have arisen and persisted as a result of deliberate misinformation and concealment by all sides during that time. Readers of this book will gain a fresh, broad view of the period, personalities and problems from a Swedish orientation.Trade ReviewGives the reader a fresh and authoritative view of wartime Sweden, from the nation's dealings with Nazi Germany to everyday life and social change. More controversially, Gilmour assesses key decisions by the Swedish leadership and tackles post-war questions about Swedish actions in the era of the Holocaust -- Professor Krister Wahlback, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs It is so rare to have a scholar so competent in the source material of Sweden during the Second World War ...no book in English has managed to give such a comprehensive picture. -- Jonas Frykman, Professor of European Ethnology, Lund University Sweden, the Swastika and Stalin (2010) is the first modern book in English to cover just about all major aspects of Sweden during WWII. It should become required reading for all students of 20th century Scandinavian history. -- Lars Gyllenhaal, Swedish Military History Commission Gilmour has the ability of bringing together various aspects of history, in particular its political, military and diplomatic dimensions, which makes his book useful also for Swedish-speaking readers. Remarkably, there is at the moment no equivalent introduction available in Swedish. -- Johan Ostling, Department of History, Lund University Unlike Boethius, Gilmour has built an argument from the sources rather than an emotional approach towards Swedish conduct. -- Major Claes Henrikson, Militar Historia Gives the reader a fresh and authoritative view of wartime Sweden, from the nation's dealings with Nazi Germany to everyday life and social change. More controversially, Gilmour assesses key decisions by the Swedish leadership and tackles post-war questions about Swedish actions in the era of the Holocaust It is so rare to have a scholar so competent in the source material of Sweden during the Second World War ...no book in English has managed to give such a comprehensive picture. Sweden, the Swastika and Stalin (2010) is the first modern book in English to cover just about all major aspects of Sweden during WWII. It should become required reading for all students of 20th century Scandinavian history. Gilmour has the ability of bringing together various aspects of history, in particular its political, military and diplomatic dimensions, which makes his book useful also for Swedish-speaking readers. Remarkably, there is at the moment no equivalent introduction available in Swedish. Unlike Boethius, Gilmour has built an argument from the sources rather than an emotional approach towards Swedish conduct.Table of ContentsList of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: 1 Shades of Neutrality? Political Challenges and Social Changes 1900-1939; 2 Wartime Power and Personalities; 3 Isolation, 1939-1941; 4 Towards the Turning Point, July 1941-July 1943; 5 Eastern Approaches and Western Reproaches: Finland's Continuation War and the Collapse of Germany, June 1941-May 1945; 6 Trading with Germany and the Allies - Blackmail and Brinksmanship; Part Two: 7 Security, Subversion, Spies and Sabotage; 8 The Battle for Sweden's Mind - Propaganda and Censorship; 9 Race, Rejection, Reception, Rescue, and Redemption - Swedish Humanitarian Endeavours; 10 Military Matters; 11 The Front at Home - Beredskapstiden; 12 Looking Back in Anger? The Assault on 'Small-State Realism'; Abbreviations and Glossary; Reference Sources and Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisJosef Goebbels, Hermann Goring, Heinrich Himmler, Rudolph Hess, Albert Speer and Karl Donitz. These were the men who smoothed Adolf Hitler''s path to power and became the perpetrators of a reign of terror unparalleled in history. They were the supporters and executives at Hitler''s regime, carrying out his orders with deadly efficiency. This radical new assessment of power under the swastika reveals many unknown facts and gives a unique but disturbing glimpse behind the scenes of the Nazi state.an TV journalist and presenter Guido Knopp has unearthed a wealth of new material about the Third Reich. Based on meticulous research and countless interviews, this is essential reading for anyone interested in Hitler and the Second World War.

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Book SynopsisJohn `Hoppy’ Hopgood, pilot and 2nd in command in the May 1943 Dambusters raid, died a hero at just 21 years old. A veteran of forty-eight bombing sorties and an expert pilot in three Bomber Command Squadrons, this is the man who taught Guy Gibson how to fly a Lancaster.

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Book SynopsisMarking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, this commemorative book recalls the momentous events that culminated in a ferocious and unique air battle over south-east England in the summer of 1940.

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Book SynopsisThe first book to tell the complete story of Adolf Eichmann’s plan to deceive the last Jews of EuropeTrade ReviewHale takes the reader through the myriad connections which make this story so compelling. This impressive study is a surefire addition to the literature of contemporary Holocaust History and Memory Studies. -- Dr Paul A. LevineHale offers a compelling mix of micro detail, combing the records, piecing together a shattered narrative, alongside a masterful overview of the Holocaust as a whole … Superb and very chastening. -- Martin Davidson

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Book SynopsisWritten by 303 squadron leader Johnny Kent, One of the Few is a superb memoir and surprisingly one of only a handful ever written by a Battle of Britain pilot.

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Book SynopsisAn enthralling historical detective story of a dream becoming an obsession, in a post-truth world of 'alternative facts' and ‘fake news’

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Book SynopsisThe first book to follow the leading British cricketers of 1939 from the sports field to the fields of warTrade ReviewThe accomplished Sandford orders his material with sensitivity and relates his terrible tale with elegance and dignity. Yet such is the nature of the catastrophe of 1914 that the horror seeps through every page. It is a work of genuine significance.

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Book SynopsisThe Battle of Britain was won in 1940 by the squadrons of Fighter Command under the leadership of Air Chief Marshal Dowding who was given no public honour or recognition for this great achievement in saving Britain from Nazi invasion and occupation - here now is a searching and advanced review which justifies Dowding''s place of honour in British history.This book is written by a Spitfire pilot who served at readiness and in combat throughout the Battle of Britain in day fighter squadrons. His personal observations of the war during 1939 and 1940 combined with many years of research has produced a penetrating review of the Battle with many of the old myths dispelled.The author tells of the sacrifices of the people of Britain, the great courage and tenacity of our young fighter pilots, always outnumbered by the Liftwaffe bombers and fighters. He courageously exposes and shames the appalling behaviour of the Air Ministry cabal of senior officers who attacked and dishonoured Dowding at this time of great crisis in our history.Questions such as: who controlled the Battle? was it Reichsmarschall Goering or the weather? was there really a Big Wing Philosophy or was it just a Big Wing myth? why were WWI night fighting tactics for slow flying biplanes introduced by the Air Ministry in 1940 as a defence over London against fast flying modern Luftwaffe bombers? why was there a cabal and who were the members, plus many more, are discussed?This is a book telling of honour restored to the people of Britain, our fighter pilots, and Air Chief Marshal Dowding - sadly it also tells of dishonour.

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Book SynopsisFor the first time, the remarkable full story of how the Holocaust was fought in Italy is told in English

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Book SynopsisOne of the most ambitious amphibious operations to ever take place, Operation Neptune tells the story of D-Day at sea

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Book SynopsisTHE DIARIES OF A MILITARY WIFE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIn 1935, Evelyn Shillington started a diary, little knowing the years of turmoil it would cover, and how insightful her experiences as an army wife would be to the following generations.Eve joined her beloved husband, Captain Rex Shillington, on his postings, giving her a unique view into army life. Through the abdication crisis, to the turbulent years of the WWII and ending in war-ravaged Italy, Eve documented it all with an inimitable spirit and brave humour.The diaries lay forgotten in an attic for years until an enterprising antiques dealer discovered them by chance. Published seventy years after Eve wrote in her diary for the last time, they offer a fascinating first-hand account into life on the home front.Readers love EVE''S WAR:''Enlightening and well written''''What a brilliant read''''Such an interesting account and in Trade ReviewFrom darning socks to being locked in the loo as the King's coffin went past, Eve's War is an entertaining personal take on an extraordinary period of history. Expertly edited by Barbara Fox, it is also a fantastic example of what can happen when you discover a family gem and delve deeper into your past * Family Tree Magazine *

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Book SynopsisMany years after becoming the youngest person ever to be awarded the VC for attacking a company of Panzer Grenadiers on his own - an action that proved a turning point in one of the major battles of the Second World War - John Kenneally made an extraordinary confession. The courageous hero of the Irish Guards, who had taken on a whole company single-handed was not, in fact, John Kenneally at all, but Leslie Jackson, the illegitimate son of Neville Blond and Gertrude Robinson (a ''high-class whore''), who had deserted his former regiment, the Honourable Artillery Company. In THE HONOUR AND THE SHAME, he tells his story with great verve and frankness - a story of riotous living, great courage on the front line, and intense loyalties. Full of the escapades of battle - from the triumphant Tunisian campaign to the bloodbath of Anzio - and the many adventures of a freewheeling youth, THE HONOUR AND THE SHAME is a vivid portrait of a fascinating man.

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