Regional / International studies

In recent years, historical witnessing has emerged as a category of "e;museum object.

What do soldiers do when all is lost?

"e;This book is of interest to any scholar of World War II, particularly those focused on bridging culture and war.

The battles fought at Estaires and Givenchy, just south of Ypres, in April 1918 were critical episodes in the larger Battle of Lys which determined the outcome of the ultimate German offensive on the Western Front.

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

The origin of all religions, and the ignorance which is the root of the God-idea, leads to the duty to investigate the evidences of the origin and of the growth of Christianity, to examine its morality and its dogmas, to study the history of its supposed founder, to trace out its symbols and its ceremonies; in fine, to show cause for its utter rejection by the Freethinker.

'An utterly fascinating book - conversations and human behaviours recorded in real time' Tom Hanks'Fascinating ' Elizabeth Day'A hugely affecting and absorbing read.

Last Post Over the River Kwai is the carefully researched account of the experiences of the officers and men of 2nd Battalion The East Surreys during the Second World War.

This study analyses Kurdish Hizbullah as a social movement, charting Hizbullah's development from its origins in violent militancy to its move towards a more ambiguous 'civic' mode of engagement.

'No one can deny Paul Roland is a complete master of his subject.

In March of 1933, a disused factory surrounded by barbed wire held 223 prisoners in the town of Dachau.

War brings them together.

A memoir of a tough childhood—and tough combat—by an “adventurous, lively, outspoken, opinionated” WWII Marine veteran (Columbus Dispatch).

Winner of the RNA romantic saga award 2021An inspiring and uplifting tale of women on the home front, for fans of Molly Green and Vicki Beeby.

From the bestselling author of Fortress Malta this is the second book in the Mediterranean war trilogy.

First Adam vs.

From the moment Pope Francis stepped on to the balcony of St Peter's Basilica for the first time, a global audience sensed that not only the Catholic Church but the world at large could be entering a new spiritual, political and social age.

A richly illustrated memoir by highly decorated Wehrmacht soldier—“recommended to anyone with an interest in the Panzerwaffe in the Second World War” (Recollections of WWII).

Love blooms in the darkest days.

A resistance fighter's "e;remarkable"e; memoir of her imprisonment at the infamous Nazi concentration camp (The New Yorker).

This WWII memoir of a Nazi officer is one of the most revealing firsthand accounts of the German retreat on the Eastern Front.

'Magnificent.

Die Invasion Polens durch Deutschland markierte den Beginn des Zweiten Weltkriegs.

Clive Aslet's War Memorial: The Story of One Village's Sacrifice from 1914 to 2003, is a powerful story of those who died in war.

The Second Battle of El Alamein was one of the most decisive Allied victories of the Second World War.

Many people are eager to embrace Nostradamus and the Mayans while dismissing the Holy Bible's prophecies.

"e;Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"e; - Churchill on the RAF.

Die Invasion Polens durch Deutschland markierte den Beginn des Zweiten Weltkriegs.

An extraordinary tale of the remarkable bond between one man and his dog during the Second World War.

'Roland's compelling account is highly readable.

Flucht und Vertreibung, Nachkriegskindheit im Sauerland Ankunft im neuen Zuhause.

Marred by political tumult and violent conflict since the early twentieth century, Gaza has been subject to a multiplicity of rulers.

“Fascinating profiles” of remarkable nuns, from an eighty-three-year-old Ironman champion to a crusader against human trafficking (Daily News [New York]).

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This book covers the bases used during the Second World War by the American fighter units that flew in support of the 8th Air Forces heavy bomber forces.

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Scientists have always kept secrets.

New York Times bestselling author Alex Kershaw has written the first full biography of one of the most remarkable men to have outwitted Hitler - Raoul Wallenberg, the young Swedish diplomat who almost single-handedly saved the lives of countless Hungarian Jews, at unimaginable risk and great cost to himself.

In Bonzo's War, Clare Campbell told the fascinating story of what it was like for Britain's pets when the world was at war.

Die Invasion Polens durch Deutschland markierte den Beginn des Zweiten Weltkriegs.

Since the 1990s, internationalisation has become key for institutions wishing to secure funding for higher education and research.

"e;This book is of interest to any scholar of World War II, particularly those focused on bridging culture and war.

This history reclaims the Second World War as a global fight 'from below'.

Der Kampf um die Westerplatte war der Auftakt der Invasion Polens und gilt als Beginn des Zweiten Weltkrieges .

On 3 September 1939, the Prime Minister declared that Britain was at war with Nazi Germany.