Modern warfare

The Second World War was the first truly global conflict and sixty years on its consequences continue to shape the modern world.

Since the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, the region has been the scene of fierce power struggles, injustice and tragic events - a situation which persists to this day.

For most of 1992-1995, Britain stood aside while an internationally recognised state was attacked by externally-sponsored rebels bent on a campaign of territorial aggression and ethnic cleansing.

In 1940, the German army fought and won an extraordinary battle with France in six weeks of lightning warfare.

'The deck and the bridge were pointing to the sky at an alarming angle and our thoughts were to get the devil out of it and into the water.

Masters and Commanders describes how four titanic figures shaped the grand strategy of the West during the Second World War.

Andre Hue was a daredevil.

The ultimate history of the Blitz and bombing in the Second World War, from Wolfson Prize-winning historian and author Richard OveryThe use of massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize civilians was an aspect of the Second World War which continues to challenge the idea that Allies specifically fought a 'moral' war.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORYSHORTLISTED FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY'A masterpiece.

At a villa on the shore of the Wannsee, a lake in suburban Berlin, on 20th January 1942 one of the most terrible meetings in human history convened.

The vast crescent of British-ruled territories from India down to Singapore appeared in the early stages of the Second World War a massive asset in the war with Germany, providing huge quantities of soldiers and raw materials and key part of an impregnable global network denied to the Nazis.

'A gripping analysis of the final days of peace .

A Moment of War is the magnificent conclusion to Laurie Lee s autobiographical trilogy begun in Cider with Rosie and As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning .

If you loved American Sniper you will love Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda.

One of the most popular and controversial historians of the twentieth century, who made his subject accessible to millions, A.

Will They Ever Trust Us Again?

Antony Beevor's The Mystery of Olga Chekhova is the true story of a family torn apart by revolution and war.

Following the enormous success of HITLER: HUBRIS this book triumphantly completes one of the great modern biographies.

In July of 1943, British and American bombers launched an attack on the German city of Hamburg that was unlike anything the world had ever seen.

In the Second World War, Great Britain, the United States and Germany each produced one land force commander who stood out from the rest: Bernard Montgomery, George Patton and Erwin Rommel.

RUSSIA'S WAR is the epic account of the greatest military encounter in human history.

In the early days of World War Two when Britain stood alone against the terror of Hitler's all-conquering Third Reich, her future hung in the balance; her defence in the hands of the Spitfires and Hurricanes of the Royal Air Force's Fighter Command.

The final book in his acclaimed trilogy on the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, Richard J.

The powerful, disturbing history of Nazi Europe by Mark Mazower, one of Britain's leading historians and bestselling author of Dark Continent and Governing the World Hitler's Empire charts the landscape of the Nazi imperial imagination - from those economists who dreamed of turning Europe into a huge market for German business, to Hitler's own plans for new transcontinental motorways passing over the ethnically cleansed Russian steppe, and earnest internal SS discussions of political theory, dictatorship and the rule of law.

In 1940 the world was on a knife-edge.

Based on unprecedented real-time access to the military's entire chain of command, The Gamble is the definitive account of the insurgency within the US military that led to a radical shift in America's strategy in Iraq - and the bloody implementation of that strategy on the ground.

Churchill fought the war twice over - as Prime Minister and again as its premier historian.

Churchill's description of the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, after Lt-Gen Percival's surrender led to over 100,000 British, Australian and Indian troops falling into the hands of the Japanese, was no wartime exaggeration.

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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ON THE LAST DAYS OF THE THIRD REICH'Recounts, in harrowing detail and with formidable skill, the brutal death-throes of Hitler's Reich at the hands of the rampaging Red Army' Boyd Tonkin, Independent'An irresistibly compelling narrative, of events so terrible that they still have the power to provoke wonder and awe' Adam Sisman, Observer__________________ The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945.

Cutting through the headlines and spin, this is the first book to give us a true picture of the reality on the ground, through the words of the people there - from commanders to intelligence officers, army doctors to ordinary soldiers.

A cold winter morning in the Ardennes Forest, 1944, and Hitler launches his last and most audacious attack on the unprepared Allies.

The world at the beginning of the 20th century seemed for most of its inhabitants stable and relatively benign.

Days after arriving in Kandahar, the Harriers of 800 Naval Air Squadron were in the thick of fierce fighting.

A mesmerising, chilling close-up portrayal of Stalin from Milovan Djilas, a Communist insider - with an introduction from Anne Applebaum, author of Gulag and Iron CurtainThis extraordinarily vivid and unnerving book three meetings held with Stalin during and after the Second World War.

Ross Kemp risks all to tell the story of the British soldier in Ross Kemp on Afghanistan.

Very few works of history, if any, delve into the daily interactions of U.

This collection is the first of its kind, bringing together Holocaust educational researchers as well as school and museum educators from across the globe, to discuss the potentials of Holocaust education in relation to primary school children.

The development of nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project is one of the most significant scientific events of the twentieth century.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the Nanjing Massacre, together with an in-depth analysis of various aspects of the event and related issues.

A look beneath the surface at the lives of the elite force of submariners who served in the Kriegsmarine's U-boat arm during the Second World War.

"e;The reader anxious or merely curious to know what it was like to flee under the threat of being shot or capture will experience it all here.

The tactical abilities of small unit leaders were critical in winning the Battle of Britain and the many innovations and even experiments which they tried out during the active fighting merit examination.

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"e;A fresh look at what is perhaps the most famous battle of the Russo-German War from the Soviet perspective.

A guide that blends the history behind the German World War II tank with resources for military vehicle modeling enthusiasts.

"e;From mountain warfare with guns on mules to V2 rockets and everything between makes it well worth a place on anyone's reference shelf.

Instant New York Times Bestseller * Winner of the General Wallace M.

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