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Der 30-jährige Krieg erscheint heutzutage sehr weit in der Vergangenheit zu liegen.

Eingefroren in der Zeit ist ein einzigartiges und wichtiges Zeitzeugnis.

Der Spiegel-Bestseller der bekannten ZDF-Korrespondentin für die Ukraine Katrin EigendorfSeit vielen Jahren berichtet Katrin Eigendorf regelmäßig aus der Ukraine.

Eine packende neue Geschichte Russlands – über 500 Jahre Herrschaft und Macht im Kreml, von Iwan dem Schrecklichen bis Wladimir PutinDer Kreml ist das imposante Symbol der russischen Nation.

Erste deutschsprachige Untersuchung des NS-Täters Christian Wirth.

Adolf Eichmann was the operational manager of the genocide that dispatched six million European Jews to the gas chambers.

Based on nearly 200 personal testimonies from the Imperial War Museum's Collections, this landmark book tells the stories of those of those who participated in anti-war protest from the First World War 1914-18 to the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This compelling memoir of a girl in uniform reveals first-hand experience of the social attitudes towards women in post-war Britain.

Why did the twentieth century witness unprecedented organized genocide?

Would you say your phone is safe, or your computer?

Imprisoned in a remote Turkish POW camp during the First World War, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, cunningly join forces.

In The Beekeeper of Sinjar, the acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail tells the harrowing stories of women from across Iraq who have managed to escape the clutches of ISIS.

In Amongst the Marines, Steven Preece vividly depicted his excessive, violent lifestyle as an elite Royal Marine Commando.

The Great Escape was one of the most remarkable episodes of the Second World War.

Of all the extraordinary individual accounts that have come out of the Second World War and its aftermath, few can compare with that of Eric Pleasants, a member of the 'bastard' British wing of Hitler's SS - the British Free Corps.

Andy Coogan was born in Glasgow in 1917, the oldest child of poor Irish immigrants.

Siegfried Sassoon is mostly remembered for the devastating poetry he wrote during World War One as a result of leading his troops "e;over the top"e; to certain death.

Historically in warfare, the majority of all combat deaths have occurred prior to a casualty ever receiving advanced trauma management.

Military surgeons must assume a leadership role in combat casualty care in circumstances that are far less than ideal.

Lessons from Veterans provides an array of personal storiesfrom nightmarish fights on the islands of Iwo Jima to the shores of Normandy on D-Day.

Veterans of the United States armed forces may be eligible for a broad range of benefits and services provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Whether youre gearing up for a backcountry trek, preparing for the worst that nature or man can offer, or just want to have a great resource at your fingertips, you need this comprehensive, full-color new edition of the U.

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The United States is embroiled in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistanwars that seem as far from Americans' understanding as they are distant from our shores.

He's the worst Nazi war criminal you've never heard ofSidekick to SS Chief Heinrich Himmler and supervisor of Nazi rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, General Hans Kammler was responsible for the construction of Hitler's slave labor sites and concentration camps.

World War II was the defining event of the twentieth century.

Valor features the thrilling stories that are the fruit of Mark Lee Greenblatt's interviews with brave American servicemen from twenty-first-century wars.

JOIN SAS LEGEND PHIL CAMPION AS HE SHARES HIS DEEPLY PERSONAL LIFE STORY, WARTS AND ALLIn WHO DARES WINS Big Phil Campion reveals his chequered past, from terrible abuse suffered in a string of kids' homes to psychological abuse suffered at a top public school.

NOW UPDATED WITH FOUR NEW CHAPTERS'Killer in the Kremlin traces Putin's bloody career.

Darkly funny, shockingly honest, Brothers in Arms is an unforgettable account of a soldier's tour of Afghanistan, the brutal reality of war - every scary, exciting moment - and the bonds of friendship that can never be destroyed.

I met Marine Sgt.

Here in this critical guide is all the important safety techniques that youll need to know in order to survive in just about any condition.

Here in this critical guide is all the important medical techniques that youll need to know in order to survive in just about any situation.

Never before has such damning evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity been revealed in the midst of a conflict.

Ernie Coleman survived the worst open-sea defeat in US Navy history.

In this comprehensive and gorgeously illustrated book, Cathy Scott and Clay Myersshow how service and therapy dogs are having a profound impact on the lives of military personnel injured in action.

The famous story of mass escape from a WWII German PoW camp that inspired the classic film.

A vivid, first-hand account of the tension and excitement of flying missions over Nazi GermanyThe British and American bomber crews of the Second World War often had to endure the most terrifying conditions.

Journalist and broadcaster Robert Kee was an RAF bomber pilot in the Second World War.

A ground-breaking new study brings us a very different picture of the Second World War, asking fundamental questions about ethical commitmentsAccounts of the Second World War usually involve tales of bravery in battle, or stoicism on the home front, as the British public stood together against Fascism.

In late August of 2011, Shahbaz Taseer was driving to his office in Lahore, Pakistan when he was dragged from his car at gunpoint and kidnapped by members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), a Taliban-affiliated terrorist group.

Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize 2018The beautifully illustrated, heartbreaking story of an innocent man in a Soviet gulag, told for the first time in English.

Meredith Duran returns with another witty, humorous and smart romance.

General Sir David Richards is one of the best known British generals of modern times.

New York Times bestselling author Susan Donovan welcomes you to Bayberry Island, a special place where a bronze mermaid statue promises to grant true love to anyone with an open heart.

Simon Wiesenthal spent four and a half years in Mauthausen concentration camp during World War II.

Sean Londgen has conducted numerous interviews and reveals a new perspective on life under the Nazis that has long been forgotten and replaced by the myth of Colditz and The Great Escape.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WA PREMIER'S BOOK AWARDS - BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARGARET MEDCALF AWARD 2024'I remember seeing a flash, I turned around and heard a roar like a train approaching in a tunnel.

NOW A MAJOR BBC SERIES STARRING JACOB ELORDI AND CIARAN HINDS***WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014***Forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the Line, and the rest of humanity, who were not.