Second World War

A detailed and comprehensive study of the carrier formations of the Pacific War, including their origins, development and key battles from the Cora...

A fascinating study of the devastating new form of warfare that redrew the map of Europe in the opening year of World War II, bringing about the mi...

In no other country in Europe has national identity been so closely bound to memories of the war. Italy’s Republic was born of World War II, its co...

"Not only a just appraisal of the campaigns waged by Marines in World War II; it is a documentation of the Marine struggle to prove the feasibility...

In no other country in Europe has national identity been so closely bound to memories of the war. Italy’s Republic was born of World War II, its co...

The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is best known for its athletic and youth programs, a heritage that draws on its origins in 1844 to pro...

The author explores a variety of questions related to General Sikorski's policies, such as his effort to maintain an independent Polish Arms' in th...

In the first volume of this work, Professor Humphreys showed the economic and strategic importance of the Latin American countries in the Second Wo...

Gwen Terasaki's Bridge to the Sun, an idealized memoir of her marriage in the 1930s and 1940s to a Japanese diplomat, Terasaki Hidenari, is still w...

The collective work deals with the problems of if, how, and why the histories of German Nazism and Soviet Communism should and could be situated wi...

Unlocked Memories is a collection of memories that were shared by Russians who witnessed the German invasion of the Leningrad region in 1941. All w...

Unlocked Memories is a collection of memories that were shared by Russians who witnessed the German invasion of the Leningrad region in 1941. All w...

In Somewhere in France, Somewhere in Germany, Francis P. Sempa tells the story of father's journey through the Second World War. Frank F. Sempa ent...

The Polish Experience through World War II explores Polish history through the lives of people touched by the war. The touching and terrible experi...

This book explores the nature of power in persons, groups, and nations by asking a question that we can understand in contemporary terms: what woul...

A major new account of Britain’s military strategy between 1914–1945, including the two world wars and everything between The First and Second Worl...