From the private papers of Winston Churchill to the tender notes of an unknown Tommy in the trenches, Love Letters of the Great War brings together some of the most romantic correspondence ever written.
A new history of two centuries of Jewish revolts against the Roman Empire, drawing on recent archeological discoveries and new scholarship by leading historian Barry Strauss.
In this brilliant narrative of the Warsaw Uprising, British historian Norman Davies offers a stirring account of one of the defining moments of the 20th century.
From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to eventual victory over Nazi Germany, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the world has ever seen.
An exhilarating and uplifting account of the lives of sixteen 'warriors' from the last three centuries, hand-picked for their bravery or extraordinary military experience by the eminent military historian, author and ex-editor of the Daily Telegraph, Sir Max Hastings.
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un grupo secreto de hombres fue lanzado tras las líneas enemigas para encender la chispa de la resistencia en la Europa ocupada.
From Reagan to the Twenty-First Century explores one of the most transformative periods in modern American history, tracing the United States from the conservative resurgence of the 1980s to the political, economic, technological, and cultural conflicts of the modern era.
'Phillips O'Brien is one of the keenest observers of modern strategy, and his new book takes a deep historical look at the evolution of warfare and its implications for conflicts like the ongoing one in Ukraine' Francis Fukuyama--------------------War and power are two of the most-widely discussed issues in all of human history, and yet they are, time and again, misunderstood often disastrously so.
'The best biography I've read recently' - Colin Bateman, Sunday Independent'An excellent examination of Mayne Ross corrects many of the myths about him that have flourished over the years' - History of War magazine'This welcome reassessment, officially backed and well-researched, sets the record straight' Soldier magazine'Paddy' Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War.
Kabul is a name that has had much resonance in current affairs over the last few years, however its place in military history can be charted much further back to the first British incursions into Afghanistan during the 19th century.
'The best biography I've read recently' - Colin Bateman, Sunday Independent'An excellent examination of Mayne Ross corrects many of the myths about him that have flourished over the years' - History of War magazine'This welcome reassessment, officially backed and well-researched, sets the record straight' Soldier magazine'Paddy' Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War.
It's common knowledge that the Enigma cipher was broken at Bletchley Park, but less is known of the background: an exhilarating spy story of secret documents smuggled across borders, hair-raising escapes, Gestapo interrogations and betrayals.
On the morning of September 22, 1979, an American Vela Hotel satellite orbiting high above the desolate expanse of the South Indian Ocean detected something terrifying.
Im dunkelsten Kapitel des Jahres 1942, als die Angst vor einer deutschen Invasion Großbritanniens ihren Höhepunkt erreichte, entwickelte Winston Churchills Regierung einen Plan von unfassbarer Zerstörungskraft.
Warum kauft das deutsche Militär fast tausend hochkomplexe, amerikanische Schönwetter-Abfangjäger, rüstet sie völlig zweckentfremdet mit schwersten Bomben aus und schickt sie in den stürmischen, unvorhersehbaren Himmel Mitteleuropas?
How does a proud, world-class navy make the agonizing decision to deliberately blow up and sink its own armada of 77 warships right in its home harbor?
How did the Soviet Union manage to listen to the most highly classified, top-secret conversations inside the United States Ambassador's private study in Moscow for seven consecutive years, without ever hiding a microphone, a power wire, or a battery in the room?
How did the brightest engineering minds of the British military during World War II manage to design a weapon so phenomenally absurd and unpredictable that it routinely chased its own generals down the beach during testing?
Dieses Buch erzählt die kaum glaubliche, aber historisch belegte Geschichte von "Operation Paperclip" – dem US-Geheimprogramm, das nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg hunderte deutsche Wissenschaftler, darunter ehemalige NSDAP-Mitglieder, in die Vereinigten Staaten brachte.
Dieses Buch enthüllt die erschütternde Geschichte der japanischen Einheit 731 – eines geheimen Militärprogramms, das während des Zweiten Weltkriegs grausame Menschenversuche im Namen der Wissenschaft durchführte.
