Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941-1945 (Häftad)
avRichard J. Overy
ISBN: 9780140271690 - UTGIVEN: 199808Overy gained exclusive access to previously unavailable information from the former KGB, GRU, and presidential archives to assemble this definitive book that fully covers the Russian efforts to defeat the Axis powers in World War II.[...]
Interrogations: The Nazi Elite in Allied Hands, 1945 (Häftad)
avRichard J. Overy
ISBN: 9780142001585 - UTGIVEN: 200209In a stark and chilling glimpse into the mindset of the Third Reich, the historian and author of Russia's War introduces readers to the high-level Nazi leaders captured by the Allies at the end of the war and the people who interviewed them. Reprint.[...]
The Twilight Years: The Paradox of Britain Between the Wars (Häftad)
avRichard J. Overy
ISBN: 9780143118114 - UTGIVEN: 201011"Thought-provoking and illuminating...Overy's study of British culture between the wars is absorbing and unexpectedly moving."
-"The New York Times Book Review"
Original, entertaining, and ever-surprising, "The Twilight Years" tells the story of how an abiding fear of war influenced English[...]
1939: Countdown to War (Häftad)
avRichard J. Overy
ISBN: 9780143120063 - UTGIVEN: 2011-09"Overy's book is easily the best account of Europe's descent into...death and destruction." --"Evening Standard" (London)A brilliantly concise narrative of the days leading to the outbreak of history's greatest conflagration, "1939" takes readers hour by hour through the nail-biting decisions that d[...]
Why the Allies Won (Häftad)
avRichard J. Overy
ISBN: 9780393316193 - UTGIVEN: 199705Richard Overy's bold book begins by throwing out the stock answers to this great question: Germany doomed itself to defeat by fighting a two-front war; the Allies won by "sheer weight of material strength." In fact, by 1942 Germany controlled almost the entire resources of continental Europe and was[...]
The Bombers and the Bombed (Inbunden)
avRichard J. Overy
ISBN: 9780670025152 - UTGIVEN: 2014-02The ultimate history of the Allied bombing campaigns in World War II
Technology shapes the nature of all wars, and the Second World War hinged on a most unpredictable weapon: the bomb. Day and night, Britain and the United States unleashed massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize occupie[...]
The Fuhrer (Häftad)
avKonrad Heiden, Richard J. Overy
ISBN: 9781616086084 - UTGIVEN: 2012-07Journalist Konrad Heiden was one of the first to hear the young Adolf Hitler's rousing orations and to recognize his political ingenuity and perverse, self-serving ideology. As a staff reporter on the "Frankfurter Zeitung," Heiden was one of the first writers to take a stand against Nazism, and his [...]
Life of Castruccio Castracani: Related by Niccolo Machiavelli and Sent to Zanobi Buondelmonte and Luigi Alamanni, His Dearest Friends (Häftad)
avNiccolo Machiavelli, Richard J. Overy
ISBN: 9781843910640 - UTGIVEN: 2003-10A charismatic warlord of the early fourteenth century, Castruccio Castracani came from humble beginnings as a foundling, and ended his life as ruler of Lucca, Pisa, Pistoia and Florence. In this Life, Machiavelli extols Castracani for his acute understanding of the politics of warfare and statecraft[...]
From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima: The War in the Pacific 1941-1945 (Inbunden)
avRichard J. Overy, Dale Dye
ISBN: 9781847328946 - UTGIVEN: 2012-02"From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima" takes readers on an up-close-and-personal journey through the relentless war against Japan in the Pacific Islands, the capstone to Allied victory in World War II. Here is the story of the heroic men who toiled on islands whose names have become synonymous with bloods[...]
The Air War: 1939 - 1945 (Pocket)
avOvery, Richard J.
ISBN: 9781574887167Originally published in 1980 and still the best one-volume aerial history of World War II, Richard Overy's classic work remains profound and highly origi-nal. Far from just an account of the various air battles, Professor Overy treats the air war as a complex and fascinating historical web, woven ou[...]
