How could Nazi killers shoot Jewish women and children at close range? Why did Japanese soldiers rape and murder on such a horrendous scale? How was it possible to endure the torment of a Nazi concentration camp? In this title, the author presents 35 of his encounters.[...]

The question is as searing as it is fundamental to the continuing debate over Japanese culpability in World War II and the period leading up to it: "How could Japanese soldiers have committed such acts of violence against Allied prisoners of war and Chinese civilians?" During the First World War, th[...]

At the age of twenty-four, in 1913, Adolf Hitler was eking out a living as a painter of pictures for tourists in Munich. Nothing marked him in any way as exceptional, but he did possess certain distinguishing characteristics: a capacity to hate, an inability to accept criticism, and a massive overco[...]

Shows how Auschwitz evolved from a concentration camp for Polish political prisoners into the site of the largest mass murder in history - part death camp, part concentration camp, where around a million Jews were killed. This book examines the mentality and motivations of the key Nazi decision make[...]

Provides a 'behind the scenes' history of the West's dealings with Joseph Stalin. This book is a mix of high politics and the often heart-rending personal experiences of those on the ground. It intends to make you rethink what you believe about World War II.[...]

Boka gjør et forsøk på å trenge inn i nazismens natur, og finne ut hvorfor nazistene og deres allierte handlet som de gjorde. Forfatteren mener at deres støtte til det tredje rike henger sammen med følelser og tro fremfor rasjonelle tanker, og peker på kvasireligiøse aspekter ved nazismen. H[...]

Den udbredte opfattelse af Anden Verdenskrig er, at den var en alliance af gode mennesker, der kæmpede mod en alliance af onde mennesker. Det er en meget opmuntrende måde at se på fortiden på, og det er trist at tage afsked med den. Men tage afsked med den – det bliver vi nødt ti[...]