The book John Kelly reads every time he gets a promotion to remind him of 'the perils of hubris, the pitfalls of patriotism and duty unaccompanied by critical thinking'The most vivid, moving - and devastating - word-portrait of a World War One British commander ever written, here re-introduced by Max Hastings.
'A brilliant book' Alastair Campbell, The Rest is Politics'The essential, must-read insider account of the West's cat and mouse economic warfare against Russia and how it is changing the face of global trade.
From the bestselling and prize-winning author of 'A Brilliant Little Operation' comes the long neglected D-Day story of the largest action by the French Resistance during WWII, published to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings.
Winston Churchill rages against time and his own mortality, in conflict with friend and foe alike, in this tumultuous political drama of his last ten years of public life.
A remarkable, multifaceted story made up of journal accounts, memories, conversations and personal experience, The Bronski House is a paean to Poland, a landmark in travel writing, and a family history - tied together by the unique experience of returning from exile.
Following on from the success of 'The Speckled People', Hugo Hamilton's new memoir recounts the summer he spent working at a local harbour in Ireland, at a time of tremendous fear and mistrust.
'A lyrical, engrossing and essential read' - Sathnam Sanghera 'A superbly nuanced reclamation of history and family secrets' - Brian Van Reet, author of SpoilsWhat does it mean to be on the wrong side of history?
Migration ist in aller Munde, und schnell wird vergessen, dass auch viele Deutsche und Osterreicher einst gezwungen waren, ihr Heimatland zu verlassen.
In den Jahren 1925 bis 1944 gab das Reichsarchiv unter Mitwirkung einer groen Zahl von Offizieren und Historikern eine Serie von Monographien zur Militargeschichte des Ersten Weltkriegs aus deutscher Sicht heraus.
Zikii rafue: La imaginacion poetica de los murui-muina aborda una de las manifestaciones de la tradicion literaria de esta comunidad ancestral situada en las riberas del rio Igaraparana de la selva amazonica colombiana.
Mitten im Ersten Weltkrieg, als die britische Seeblockade Deutschland vom Welthandel abschneidet, wagt Kapitan Paul Konig das Unmogliche: Mit dem Unterseeboot Deutschland durchbricht er die feindlichen Linien und steuert uber den Atlantik nach Amerika - nicht als Kriegsschiff, sondern als Handels-U-Boot.
