Second World War

SURVIVOR STORIES FROM DUNKIRK, NOW THE SUBJECT OF A MAJOR FILM FROM CHRISTOPHER NOLANWhen Britain declared war against Germany in September 1939, t...

'Vivid, wholly convincing, compelling. One of the best memoirs for years about the experience of flying in war' Max Hastings, Sunday TelegraphTwo m...

The white-knuckled saga of a maverick captain, nine courageous sailors, and a US Navy task force who achieved the impossible on June 4, 1944--captu...

Importing Fascism analyses the mechanisms of the Italian fascist regime in incorporating the Italian-Scottish diaspora into their nation- and fasci...

This book brings together international scholars to examine and share new approaches in the history of women’s rescue and resistance during the Hol...

On Christmas morning, 1944, there was little reason to celebrate.…   As the Battle of the Bulge raged, a small force of American solders—including ...

A Foreign Affairs Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the Year“Insightful…a deft, textured work of intellectual history.”—Foreign Affairs“A timely ...

This edited volume focuses on civil-military relations before and during great power conflicts, and comprises historical case studies of modern sup...

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An affecting, singular story...a bracing tale of life on the edge of death." —Kirkus ReviewsWhen veteran w...

Boom’s Blues stands as both a remarkable biography of J. Frank G.Boom (1920–1953) and a recovery of his incredible contribution to blues scholarshi...

More than seventy years following the D-Day Landings of 6 June 1944, Normandy's war heritage continues to intrigue visitors and researchers. Receiv...

Despite competing with much larger imperialist neighbors in Southeast Asia, the Kingdom of Thailand—or Siam, as it was formerly known—has succeeded...

This edited volume presents a cutting-edge discussion and analysis of civilian ‘enemy alien’ internment in Britain, the internment of British civil...

This book covers the capture and imprisonment of Lieutenant Ronald Williams, by the Japanese, on Java in 1942. Williams’ artillery regiment had set...

From the brink of dissolution in 1945 to the triumph of the Geneva Conventions in 1949, via the Nuremberg Trials, runaway Nazis, and furious battle...

While armies have seized enemy records and rare texts as booty throughout history, it was only during World War II that an unlikely band of librari...

The American 345th Bomb Group--the Air Apaches--was legendary in the war against Japan. The first fully trained and fully equipped group sent to th...

Illustrated with detailed artworks of Japanese aircraft and their markings, Japanese Aircraft of World War II is a detailed guide to all the aircra...