The concentration of terrorists, political suspects, ethnic minorities, prisoners of war, enemy aliens, and other potentially "e;dangerous"e; populations spans the modern era.
This story is set in a broken Germany in the dying days of the Second World War when seven refugees travelling from Berlin to Dresden form an unlikely alliance.
In this unforgettable memoir, Austrian Holocaust survivor, Johanna Altmann recounts the horrors and tragedies that she and her loved ones were forced to face.
Winston Churchill's 'The Gathering Storm: The Origins of the Second World War' is a compelling and meticulously researched account of the events that led to the deadliest conflict in human history.
This book explores the fraught aftermath of the German Jewish conversionary experience through the story of one family as it grapples with the meaning of its Jewish origins in a post-Holocaust, post-conversionary milieu.
This book explores the fraught aftermath of the German Jewish conversionary experience through the story of one family as it grapples with the meaning of its Jewish origins in a post-Holocaust, post-conversionary milieu.
On 7 December 1941, an armada of 354 Japanese warplanes launched a surprise attack on the United States, killing 2,403 people and forcing America's entry into the Second World War.
In Hans Falladas 'Jeder stirbt für sich allein' wird die Geschichte eines Ehepaars erzählt, das während der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus in Berlin lebt und beschließt, stillen Widerstand gegen das Regime zu leisten.
Henri Barbusse's Buch "Das Feuer: Historischer Roman" ist ein bahnbrechendes Werk, das den Lesern einen intensiven Einblick in die Grausamkeiten des Ersten Weltkriegs bietet.
Beckwith West's 'The Experience of a Confederate States Prisoner' is a compelling memoir that provides a firsthand account of the tumultuous times during the American Civil War.
The air war over the critical Eastern Front is illustrated with 120 specially selected and informatively captioned photographs in this striking new book.
De Gaulle and Churchill examines the tense and complicated relationship between General de Gaulle as leader of the Free French on the one hand and Winston Churchill and the British Government on the other.
De Gaulle and Churchill examines the tense and complicated relationship between General de Gaulle as leader of the Free French on the one hand and Winston Churchill and the British Government on the other.
Giles Romilly and Michael Alexander were amongst a select group of prisoners of war who were segregated from the other prisoners and were labelled the Prominente.
For several months in 1943, seven young airmen, all volunteers, were moulded into an RAF crew tasked with undertaking perilous operations over Occupied Europe.
For several months in 1943, seven young airmen, all volunteers, were moulded into an RAF crew tasked with undertaking perilous operations over Occupied Europe.
"e;Taylor provides short vignettes of actual flights and combat interactions revealing performance and flight procedures used to shoot and avoid being shot down.
The British Army started the development of flame throwers in 1938, but progress was slow and interest was side-lined after Dunkirk while the army reequipped.
The British Army started the development of flame throwers in 1938, but progress was slow and interest was side-lined after Dunkirk while the army reequipped.
From the critically acclaimed author of D nkirchen 1940, this is a groundbreaking history of the epic three-day battle for Hill 107 that changed the course of the war in the Mediterranean.
*A Foyles Top 10 Read for March and one of Glamour's Best Books of March*Longlisted for the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction'A galvanising takedown of neoliberalism's "e;free market"e; logic, one rooted in as much history as it is in current events' NAOMI KLEIN'A must-read for anyone keen to put the demos back in democracy' YANIS VAROUFAKISEverything you know about capitalism is wrong.
*A Foyles Top 10 Read for March and one of Glamour's Best Books of March*Longlisted for the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction'A galvanising takedown of neoliberalism's "e;free market"e; logic, one rooted in as much history as it is in current events' NAOMI KLEIN'A must-read for anyone keen to put the demos back in democracy' YANIS VAROUFAKISEverything you know about capitalism is wrong.
