20th Century History: c 1900 to c 2000

This firsthand account, never before published in English, details a secret World War II mission in 1944 called Operation Salamander, in which T...

President Ronald Reagan's folksy way with words and evocative delivery earned him the moniker The Great Communicator. From witty political challeng...

The Allies' triumphant march into Paris in 1944 was met with cheering crowds of liberated Parisians. After the cheering stopped, American desert...

The Interim LSM(R) or Landing Ship, Medium (Rocket) was a revolutionary development in rocket warfare in World War II and the U.S. Navy's first ...

A fascinating look at the recent history of the beautiful but troubled Southeast Asian nation of CambodiaA richly detailed study that goes a long w...

As the United States was drawn into the Second World War, pressure grew from a number of nations for India''s independence. Prime Minister Churchil...

A 1970s childhood was, for many, a life of happy-go-lucky freedom set against a soundtrack of pop music played on a transistor radio dangling from ...

How can we understand the COVID-19 pandemic? Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing such catastrophi...

On June 14, 1919, a Vickers Vimy biplane lumbered into the air from a field in St Johns, Newfoundland. More than sixteen hours and 3,000 kilometres...

Michael Holroyd, perhaps the most distinguished of contemporary biographers, has in recent years turned his attention to the stories hidden within ...

This book: covers the essential content in the new specifications in a rigorous and engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, k...

From the end of the Baroque age and the death of Bach in 1750 to the rise of Hitler in 1933, Germany was transformed from a poor relation among wes...

Shortlisted for the 2015 Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award.Shortlisted for the Cross British Sports Book of the Year 2015 (Cricket cat...

Moscow, 1937: the soviet metropolis at the zenith of Stalins dictatorship. A society utterly wrecked by a hurricane of violence.  In this compelli...

In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the ...

Final Solution is an intelligent and thought-provoking short history of the Holocaust, by historian David Cesarani. Employing an insightful Judeoce...

Transporting the reader to the heart-wrenching times of World War II, Some Sunny Day is an evocative memoir of love and courage in war-torn Asia by...

Journey into the heart of Europe, 1918 a world left ravaged by World War 1, and on the cusp of radical change. Daniel Schönpflug's A World on Edg...

The untold story of Bletchley Park's key role in the success of the Normandy campaign Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s,...

Loyalty and Liberty offers the first comprehensive account of the politics of countersubversion in the United States prior to the McCarthy era. Beg...

When Charles Lindbergh landed at LeBourget Airfield on May 21, 1927, his transatlantic flight symbolized the new era-not only in aviation but also ...

The American South is a distinctive place with a dramatic history, and has significance beyond its regional context in the twenty first century. Th...

The Devil in History is a provocative analysis of the relationship between communism and fascism. Reflecting the author's personal experiences with...

This book tells the dramatic story of Panzer Brigade 105, one of ten such units, and its formation, deployment, including its defence of the Siegfr...

The incredible story of how Australias greatest maritime mystery was solved.In November 1941 HMAS Sydney, the pride of Australias wartime fleet, an...

Edition of young men's magazines from just before the First World War, presenting a vivid and touching picture of life at the time. The Angels' Vo...

From the bestselling author of Stalingrad, Berlin and D-Day comes the story of the German's ill-fated final stand.'Rich in detail and drama. Enthra...

At the end of the Second World War some of the highest ranking members of the Nazi party escaped from justice. Some of them are names that have res...

''The best book about the subject I have ever read'' Max Hastings, Sunday Times''Halik Kochanski''s Resistance reads less like a work of history an...

A good organizer is a social arsonist who goes around setting people on fire. (Fred Ross). Raised by conservative parents who hoped he would stay...

Chicago's 1933 world's fair set a new direction for international expositions. Earlier fairs had exhibited technological advances, but Chicago's fa...

Slow Fade to Black completes Richard B. Jewell''s richly detailed two-part history of the RKO film studio, which began with RKO Radio Pictures: A T...

Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic is a complete re-evaluation of the loss of Titanic based on evidence that has come to light since the discov...

Comprehensive second editions of History for the IB Diploma Paper 2, revised for first teaching in 2015. This coursebook covers Paper 2, World His...

This absorbing book brings together the true stories of fifty service men and women from North Lancashire and Cumbria. Tales of life in the militar...