Specific wars and campaigns

';A hugely enjoyable, eccentric account of clerical heroism in the face of evil.

A SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY EDITION TO COMMEMORATE 80 YEARS SINCE THE EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS OF 1943 Sophie Scholl and the White Rose tells the gripping true story of five Munich university students who set up an underground resistance movement in World War II.

How the British might have handled Hitler differently remains one of history's greatest ';what ifs'.

In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St.

Apples and Ashes offers the first literary history of the Civil War South.

This book delves into Trinidad and Tobago's development with a fresh lens.

Award-winning author, Thomas J.

In 1940, Private Raymond Bailey, a 21-year-old Vauxhall motors apprentice, was captured in northern France, becoming a Nazi prisoner of war.

This biography explores General Philip H.

In Alive in the Sound, Ronald Radano proposes a new understanding of US Black music by focusing on the key matter of value, manifested musically in its seemingly embodied qualities-spirit, soul, and groove.

The latest book based on the BBC's BAFTA Award winning show, The Repair Shop: World War II marks the 80th anniversary of the international ending of World War II by sharing objects from the era and the stories behind them.

The author enlisted in the Marine Corps at 17, with dreams of becoming a hero.

A Marine Corps recruiter returns to his old stamping grounds to speak with some of the men he enlisted, their families, and the families of others who were killed in action.

When the whole world is lying, someone must tell the truth.

Many black soldiers serving in the U.

A fascinating look at three of the greatest Canadian pilots in the First World War.

Southeast Asia, whose alienation might tilt the balance of power in favor of the Communist bloc, has become the focus of American foreign policy.

Escaping Hell is the compelling and true story of a heroic young Polish officer who survived the terror of five years in the prisons of Auschwitz and Buchenwald - where violence was meaningless because human life had lost all value.

In this vivid account, a young F-100 pilot describes his life in a fighter squadron in the peak year of the Vietnam War.

This is the gripping story of how one man's half-century of service and devotion helped build and develop the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment; and how that regiment played a vital role in Canada's efforts during the Second World War.

An examination of the SOE, its accomplishments, and the Canadian connection to the organization.

On August 1, 1914, the German and Austro-Hungarian empires stood on the brink of the greatest war history had known.

World War II made enormous and unprecedented demands upon the nation's civil service administration.

In November 1942, Paul Andrew Kennedy (19121993) boarded the St.

Although it has been overshadowed by other events of the Second World War, Canada's role in the Italian Campaign, from 1943 to 1945, was significant.

Im Sommer 1914 zogen die Offiziere Österreich-Ungarns an der Spitze einer einzigartigen, multiethnischen Armee in den »Großen Krieg«.

An Allied unit comprised of Canadian and American troops, the First Special Service Force or "e;Devil's Brigade"e; struck fear into the very heart of the Axis.

For 16-year-old Jan Kamienski, life as he knows it ends when Germany invades Poland on September 1, 1939.

Seven soldiers.

Many scholars have tried to assess Adolf Hitler's influence on the German people, usually focusing on university towns and industrial communities, most of them predominately Protestant or religiously mixed.

Bravery, patriotism, and sacrifice marked the women caught up in conflict during the Second World War.

Contrasts between fighter combat and the bombers' war support Klinkowitz's belief that notions of the air war were determined by one's position in it.

Die Seeschlacht von Tsushima brachte die Entscheidung im Russisch-Japanischen Krieg von 1904/05.

First published in 1957, this classic work on the political situation in Southeast Asia at the start of the Vietnam War includes a supplement covering events up to mid-1958.

Private Jack Poolton was among the Canadians landing at the disastrous raid on Dieppe.

The first in-depth book that sheds light on Canada's elite warriors who operate in the shadows.

Seven soldiers.

William R.

Many of the airmen of the First Word War who challenged both the enemy and death did not survive.

At a time of great sacrifice in Canadian history, we are welcomed into the homes, the hearts, and the minds of mothers, sons, fathers, and friends as we follow Syd Smith and his high-school brotherhood of 13 when they answer the call to duty in 1941.

In 1941, the fortress city of Terezin, outside Prague, was ostensibly converted into model ghetto, where Jews could temporarily reside before being sent to a more permanent settlement.

The first in-depth book that sheds light on Canada's elite warriors who operate in the shadows.

An extraordinary, newly discovered account from an ordinary Canadian on the ground in the crucial battles of the First World War.

Uncertain of their son's fate, his family leaped into action.

No part of the Nazi movement contributed more to Hitler's success than the Sturmabteilung (SA)the notorious Brown Shirts.

A collection of essays on the war in Iraq; including pieces by Jean Chretien and John Howard, the prime ministers during the war.

A collection of essays on the war in Iraq; including pieces by Jean Chretien and John Howard, the prime ministers during the war.