Specific wars and campaigns

"e;[A] powerful autobiography from a Russian veteran of Stalingrad, Kursk and numerous other battles .

"e;This concise and well-written book will serve as a valuable library addition for anyone interested in the naval activities of the Great War.

A thorough history of the Winter War, the uneven Russo-Finnish conflict that began shortly after the start of World War II.

The name Daniel Sickles and the word controversy are synonymous.

The Civil War—like all civil wars—was divisive, costly, and savage.

The causes of the “war to end all wars” have been debated exhaustively over the years since Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated on June 28, 1914.

A History of the First World War in 100 Objects narrates the causes, progress and outcome of the First World War by telling the stories behind 100 items of material evidence of that cataclysmic and shattering conflict.

'A masterpiece and deeply moving' - Alain de Botton'A wonderful piece of work' - Lynn Barber"e;.

When Winston Spencer Churchill was born in 1874.

One man is dead.

Harry Lamin was born in Derbyshire in 1877 and left school at thirteen to work in the lace industry, but by December 1916 he had been conscripted into the 9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment and sent to war.

Rosie, a young Englishwoman from a comfortable middle-class background, left her London home in 1939 to work as an au pair in Avignon in the South of France.

Perfect for readers of Last Stop Auschwitz, The Volunteer and The Tattooist of Auschwitz'This is an extraordinary biography.

In the popular imagination MI5, or the Security Service, is known chiefly as the branch of the British state responsible for chasing down those who endanger national security-from Nazi fifth columnists to Soviet spies and today's domestic extremists.

In 1993, writer and democracy activist Hwang Sok-yong was sentenced to five years in the Seoul Detention Center upon his return to South Korea from North Korea, the country he had fled with his family as a child at the start of the Korean War.

In this urgent and timely book, Patrick Cockburn writes the first draft of the history of the current crisis in the Middle East.

Thomas Michael Kettle was born on 9th February 1880 in Artane, Dublin, the seventh of twelve children.

Operation Overlord was one of the greatest ever military offensives, working to free Europe from the yoke of Nazism.

Shrouded in myth and conspiracy, the history of the Knights Templar is little understood.

'Turing writes on codebreaking with understandable authority and compelling panache.

When the Nazis invaded, they did not intend to govern fairly.

Whatever happened to the Nazis after World War II?

All is fair in love and war.

At the beginning of World War II, the devastating impact of German submarines on both the Royal Navy and merchant shipping saw Britain on the brink of starvation and defeat.

From 1919 onwards, there were many people who wanted to kill Hitler.

'A moving novel of strength and resistance in the face of evil but also an inspiring journey of resilience after loss' Erin Litteken 'I will never forget what the Nazi did to me.

Humphrey Jennings (1907-50) was perhaps the most gifted film-maker of the British documentary movement.

Humphrey Jennings (1907-50) was perhaps the most gifted film-maker of the British documentary movement.

In the English language World War I has largely been analysed and understood through the lens of the Western Front.

In the English language World War I has largely been analysed and understood through the lens of the Western Front.

Sir Richard Fairey was one of the great aviation innovators of the twentieth century.

Sir Richard Fairey was one of the great aviation innovators of the twentieth century.

In the aftermath of World War I Syria paved a path towards democracy.

In the aftermath of World War I Syria paved a path towards democracy.

During World War II, jazz embodied everything that was appealing about a democratic society as envisioned by the Western Allied powers.

During World War II, jazz embodied everything that was appealing about a democratic society as envisioned by the Western Allied powers.

Following the devastation resulting from the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1915, the survivors of the massacres were dispersed across the Middle East, Europe and North and South America.

Following the devastation resulting from the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1915, the survivors of the massacres were dispersed across the Middle East, Europe and North and South America.

The Frankfurt Auschwitz trial was a milestone event in West German history.

The Frankfurt Auschwitz trial was a milestone event in West German history.

Bertrandon de la Broquiere was esquire to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.

Bertrandon de la Broquiere was esquire to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.

On April 25th 1915, during the First World War, the famous Anzacs landed ashore at Gallipoli.

On April 25th 1915, during the First World War, the famous Anzacs landed ashore at Gallipoli.

To what extent did a perceived morality crisis play a role in the dramatic events of the last years of the Ottoman Empire?

To what extent did a perceived morality crisis play a role in the dramatic events of the last years of the Ottoman Empire?

Influential fundraising groups and senators in the US made enormous efforts in the First Afghan War to present the Mujahedeen as 'freedom fighters' – even while the CIA secretly armed them with surface to air missiles and other weapons.

Influential fundraising groups and senators in the US made enormous efforts in the First Afghan War to present the Mujahedeen as 'freedom fighters' – even while the CIA secretly armed them with surface to air missiles and other weapons.

How is foreign policy made in Iraq?

How is foreign policy made in Iraq?