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The Girl in the Lion's Mouth: Memoir of a Child Survivor of the

The Girl in the Lion's Mouth: Memoir of a Child Survivor of the

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p>During World War II eleven-year-old Dita was hidden in the Nazi headquarters in Hungary s capital city, Budapest. She was separated from her parents and responsible for the care of...
The Death of Hitler: The Final Word

The Death of Hitler: The Final Word

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On April 30, 1945, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker as the Red Army closed in on Berlin. Within four days the Soviets had recovered his body. But the truth...
Transcultural Justice at the Tokyo Tribunal: The Allied Struggle for

Transcultural Justice at the Tokyo Tribunal: The Allied Struggle for

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While the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg has been at the centre of scholarly attention, the Tokyo Tribunal has for decades been largely neglected. This is surprising insofar as this...
War Crimes Trials in the Wake of Decolonization and Cold War in Asia,

War Crimes Trials in the Wake of Decolonization and Cold War in Asia,

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This book investigates the political context and intentions behind the trialling of Japanese war criminals in the wake of World War Two. After the Second World War in Asia, the...
SECRET AGENTS POCKET MANUAL

SECRET AGENTS POCKET MANUAL

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Most wars have had some element of espionage and subterfuge, but few have included as much as the Second World War, where the all-embracing nature of the conflict, new technology,...
The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz

The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz

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Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the "rousing" (Jay Winik, author of 1944 ) story of the liberation of Paris during World War II-a triumph achieved only through...
Undercover Agent: How one of SOE's youngest agents helped defeat the

Undercover Agent: How one of SOE's youngest agents helped defeat the

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Tony Brooks was unique. He was barely out of school when recruited in 1941 by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), the wartime secret service established by Churchill to 'set Europe...
Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him

Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him

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A "fresh, fast-paced, and bracing" ( Wall Street Journal ) new biography of Winston Churchill, revealing how his relationships with the other great figures of his age shaped his own...
A Schoolmaster's War: Harry Ree, British Agent in the French

A Schoolmaster's War: Harry Ree, British Agent in the French

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The wartime adventures of the legendary SOE agent Harry Ree, told in his own words A school teacher at the start of the war, Harry Ree renounced his former pacifism...
The Secret Ministry of Ag. & Fish: My Life in Churchill's School for

The Secret Ministry of Ag. & Fish: My Life in Churchill's School for

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'My mother thought I was working for the Ministry of Ag. and Fish.' So begins Noreen Riols' compelling memoir of her time as a member of Churchill's 'secret army', the...
The Music Maker: One POW provided hope for thousands

The Music Maker: One POW provided hope for thousands

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On May 8 1945, forty-six-year-old Drum Major Jackson staggered towards his American liberators. Emaciated, dressed in rags, his decayed boots held together with string, he'd been force-marched for twenty days...
When Men & Mountains Meet Paperback: Like the desire for drink or

When Men & Mountains Meet Paperback: Like the desire for drink or

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We had climbed a mountain and crossed a pass; been wet, cold, hungry, frightened, and withal happy. One more Himalayan season was over. It was time to begin thinking of...
They Were Never Told: Tragedy of HMS "Dasher"

They Were Never Told: Tragedy of HMS "Dasher"

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Containing material never before seen They W ere Never Told includes original statements from those caugh t up in the disaster, a full examination of the Board of Enq uiry''s...
Raiders from the Sea: The Story of the Special Boat Service in WWII

Raiders from the Sea: The Story of the Special Boat Service in WWII

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An accolade to the British Special Boat Service (SBS), a commando force of some 300 men that inflicted great damage on the enemy in the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas...
Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII

Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII

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"Was the bombing offensive [against civilians in Germany and Japan] a crime against humanity," writes A. C. Grayling, "or was it justified by the necessities of war? These questions mark...
Hitler's Hangmen: The Plot to Kill Churchill

Hitler's Hangmen: The Plot to Kill Churchill

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Before and after the outbreak of the Second World War, there were a number of sizable Fascist groups active in Britain, all of whom were working towards a violent uprising...
The Myth of Rescue: Why the Democracies Could Not Have Saved More Jews

The Myth of Rescue: Why the Democracies Could Not Have Saved More Jews

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It has long been claimed that the Allies did little or nothing to rescue Europe's Jews. Did they deny refuge to those fleeing Hitler's death machine? Why did they fail...
After Such Knowledge: Memory, History and the Legacy of the Holocaust

After Such Knowledge: Memory, History and the Legacy of the Holocaust

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Sixty years after the Holocaust, the author of Lost in Translation explores the difficult process of preserving an authentic version of its tragic events. As the Holocaust recedes in time,...
Glasgow at War 1939 - 1945

Glasgow at War 1939 - 1945

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Scotland was of grave strategic importance during the war because of its geographical position and Glasgow was the location of a significant number of important military and civil organisations as...
Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust

Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust

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This title provides a detailed account of the issues and events which led to the Holocaust, and discusses the historiographical interpretations surrounding that event. The book examines anti-Semitism in Europe...
Shared Sorrows: A Gypsy Family Remembers the Holocaust

Shared Sorrows: A Gypsy Family Remembers the Holocaust

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On morning after Kristalnacht Toby Sonneman's father walked through broken glass to collect the visa from the US consulate in Stuttgart which saved him from the fate suffered by other...
The Pope's Jews: The Vatican's secret plan to save Jews from the Nazis

The Pope's Jews: The Vatican's secret plan to save Jews from the Nazis

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This revelatory account of how the Vatican saved thousands of Jews during the Second World War shows why history must re-assess 'Hitler's Pope'. Accused of being 'silent' during the Holocaust,...
Spying on the Reich: The Cold War Against Hitler

Spying on the Reich: The Cold War Against Hitler

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Exactly a century ago, intelligence agencies across Europe first became aware of a fanatical German nationalist whose political party was rapidly gathering momentum. His name was Adolf Hitler.From 1933, these...
The Times Churchill

The Times Churchill

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A must-read for anyone with an interest in history, politics, or the fascinating story and enduring legacy of an extraordinary figure: Winston Churchill. Widely regarded as one of the most...
Genocide Perspectives VI: The Process and the Personal Cost of

Genocide Perspectives VI: The Process and the Personal Cost of

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Genocide Perspectives VI grapples with two core themes: the personal toll of genocide, and processes that facilitate the crime. From political choices governments and leaders make, through to denialism and...
The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American

The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American

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A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American...
My Opposition: The Diary of Friedrich Kellner - A German against the

My Opposition: The Diary of Friedrich Kellner - A German against the

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This is a truly unique account of Nazi Germany at war and of one man's struggle against totalitarianism. A mid-level official in a provincial town, Friedrich Kellner kept a secret...
Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five

Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five

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"A fascinating and well-written account of a little-known chapter that was crucial to the course of World War II and to America's global leadership." -Henry A. Kissinger In the dark...
One Child's War

One Child's War

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During the blitz on London in 1941, a sailor on leave couldn't wait to get back to his ship. "At least there," he said, "you can fire back at an...
Meeting at Potsdam

Meeting at Potsdam

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Charles Mee's astute portrayals of Stalin, Truman and Churchill reveal the egos and intrigues at play in Potsdam in 1945, where the groundwork for the Cold War was laid. [history][political]...
The Venlo Sting: MI6's Deadly Fiasco

The Venlo Sting: MI6's Deadly Fiasco

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On 9 November 1939, two unsuspecting British agents of the Special Intelligence Services walked into a trap set by German Spymaster Reinhard Heydrich. Believing that they were meeting a dissident...
FDR's 12 Apostles: The Spies Who Paved The Way For The Invasion Of

FDR's 12 Apostles: The Spies Who Paved The Way For The Invasion Of

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Nineteen months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR sent twelve "vice consuls" to Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia on a secret mission. Their objective? To prepare the groundwork for what...
British Aviation: The First Half Century

British Aviation: The First Half Century

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The first half of the 20th century saw the birth of the airplane and its development as an instrument of war and commerce. Within five decades, contraptions barely able to...
Windows on the War

Windows on the War

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During World War II in Europe, the author's Field Artillery Forward Observer's telescope provided a unique view of American battles from Normandy to final victory in Germany.
The Times Churchill

The Times Churchill

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A must-read for anyone with an interest in history, politics, or the fascinating story and enduring legacy of an extraordinary figure: Winston Churchill. Widely regarded as one of the most...
D-Day Normandy: The Story and Photographs

D-Day Normandy: The Story and Photographs

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Features more than four hundred American, Allied, and German photographs that present the dramatic events of the invasion from both sides.