A History of Bombing

Reducere. A DARING LITERARY AND HISTORICAL LOOK AT THE IDEOLOGIES OF WAR AND VIOLENCE, BY THE AUTHOR OF "EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES" On November 1, 1911, ove...

DescriptionFew events in the history of the world have aroused the passions of the decent, the fair, the peaceful, and the just as much as the brut...

Reducere. Description"An essential part of the literature of World War II." --Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post From acclaimed World War II historian Ric...

A gripping work of narrative nonfiction recounting the history of the Dresden Bombing, one of the most devastating attacks of World War II.On Febru...

New in paperback. This is the ultimate history of the Blitz and bombing in the Second World War, from Wolfson Prize-winning historian and author Ri...

DescriptionJapan 1944-45 examines the only time in history that a major war was ended by the use of air power. It shows how the United States used ...

Reducere. For decades it has been assumed that the Allied bombing of Dresden -- a cultured city famous for its china, chocolate, and fine watches -- was mili...

Reducere. Between April and July 1944, Truman Smith Flew thirty-five bombing missions over France and Germany. He was only twenty years old. Although barely ...

Bombing Britain in 1915. A comprehensive examination of German air raids until the end of 1915, includes first-hand accounts. A book highly recomme...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the firebombing by both Americans and Japanese civilians in Tokyo *Includes online resources and a bibliog...

Reducere. Incorporating a wealth of new material, here is the riveting story of the bombing raids that broke the back of Nazi Germany, praised as ``a well-re...

Reducere. In Others Unknown, Stephen Jones, Timothy McVeigh's lawyer in his trial for the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Office Building in Oklahoma City, provid...

First published in Great Britain, 2006, with subtitle: The history and moral legacy of the WWII bombing of civilians in Germany and Japan.

Reducere. An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice In The Bomber Mafia, M...

Reducere. One of the Vietnam War's most closely guarded secrets--a highly classified U.S. radar base in the mountains of neutral Laos--led to the disappearan...

Reducere. At 3: 37 in the morning of Sunday, October 12, 1958, a bundle of dynamite blew out the side wall of the Temple, Atlanta's oldest and richest synago...

The history of the British home in the 1940s is dominated by the Second World War. In the first five years of the decade homes were adapted to bett...

This highly illustrated book tells the heroic story of the air battle, as well asthe Blitz bombing campaign which followed, through photographs, in...

Overgrown industrial complexes, disused asylums, abandoned palaces and monasteries feature in this latest incendiary book from Carpet Bombing Cultu...

Bombing Pompeii examines the circumstances under which over 160 Allied bombs hit the archaeological site of Pompeii in August and September 1943, a...

Gerhard Richter is one of the most influential artists of modern times. His painting "September" is a response to the bombing of the World Trade Ce...

With seemingly endless stories of school violence and suicide bombers filling today's headlines, Bath Massacre serves as a reminder that terrorism ...

Reducere. Hiroshima is where the first atomic bomb was dropped. Now readers will learn the reasons why and what it's meant for the world ever since. By Augus...

Reducere. Churchill is generally considered one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century, if not the greatest of all, revered for his opposition to a...

Reducere. A young nun shocked by the Birmingham church bombing in 1963 begins to wake up to the horrors of racism on her first teaching assignment in the dee...

Since the Luftwaffe's 1940 Eagle Day attack on Britain, aerial warfare and its accompanying technology has changed almost beyond recognition. The p...

A comprehensive account of the most controversial Allied bombing offensive of WW2. Written by the foremost military/aviation historian. Superbly re...

Reducere. A companion to Oliver Stone's ten-part documentary series of the same name, this guide offers a people's history of the American Empire: "a critica...

The true story of a young couple living in an invasion risk area during the Second World War whilst at the same time trying to keep their dream ali...

Reducere. The product of two of Oklahoma's foremost authorities on the history of the 46th state, Oklahoma: A History is the first comprehensive narrative to...

Reducere. DescriptionAs the Cold War gripped the world with fear of espionage and nuclear winter, everyday Wisconsinites found themselves embroiled in the st...

Reducere. A based-on source for the Warner Bros. film Richard Jewell, starring Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, and Paul Walter Hauser​ Fin...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Germany, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: History of Germany: A Capt...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Germany, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: History of Germany: A Capt...

Reducere. Author Paul Sherbo narrates a fast paced, page-turning timeline of events as described by U.S. Military members who endured the terrorist attack in...

Examines the rise of autonomy in air warfare from the inception of powered flight to the first phase of the Combined Bomber Offensive in World War ...

Reducere. The stunning sequel to Under A War-Torn Sky World War II may be ending, but the conflict still rages for nineteen-year-old bomber pilot Henry Fores...

Reducere. The Lady disappeared with her entire crew without a trace.Lady Be Good was a B-24 bomber returning to base in North Africa after a bombing raid in ...

Reducere. Myrtle Beach has long been a favorite vacation spot for families across America, giving parents and children alike a lifetime of memories. The Myrt...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER AWARD A magisterial and acclaimed history of post-war Europe, from Germany to Poland, from Western Europe to Eastern Euro...

Reducere. DescriptionMade in Hungary is a remarkable memoir of resilience. Born in a bombing raid in 1944, Maria Krenz's childhood in Budapest traversed the ...

Reducere. Waging War: Conflict, Culture, and Innovation in World History provides a wide-ranging examination of war in human history, from the beginning of t...

The bombing campaign that was meant to keep South Vietnam secure, Rolling Thunder became a byword for pointless, ineffective brutality, and was a k...

This is the gripping true story of 4 intense years in the life of a US Army Special Forces soldier, who joins the UN, and then goes on to assignmen...

This is the gripping true story of 4 intense years in the life of a US Army Special Forces soldier, who joins the UN, and then goes on to assignmen...

Reducere. This book recounts the history of Raymond A. Firmani - from his humble beginnings as the son of poor Italian immigrants, to earning his wings as a ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nicholas KollerstromAn underground culture has arisen around the Beatles since rumors began to surface that Paul had died-a...

Reducere. In The Yamato Dynasty, Sterling Seagrave, who divulged the secrets of Mao Tse-tung and the ruthlessness of Chiang Kai-shek in the New York Times be...

DescriptionExpanded and updated. BIKERS: Legend, Legacy and Life is a painstakingly detailed chronicle of this unique band of Brothers, and trawls ...

Reducere. Five years after escaping into the mountains of North Carolina, Eric Rudolph was becoming a figure of folk legend. The FBI had long since abandoned...

Reducere. The second volume of Daniel Todman's account of Great Britain and World War II The second of Daniel Todman's two sweeping volumes on Great Britain ...

This is not a tale of fighter aces shouting "Tally-Ho" and shooting down every plane in sight. It is the history of a group of men who were bonded ...

When Hitler ordered the north of Nazi-occupied Norway to be destroyed in a scorched earth retreat in 1944, everything of potential use to the Sovie...

Reducere. The end of the world is the least of the problems facing Gaspard Boisvert, erstwhile advisor to "the stupidest American president in history, " whe...

Reducere. As Atlanta evolved from a sleepy, backwater, 19th-century frontier railroad town into a 21st-century international metropolis, Jewish men and women...

Named one of Foreign Affairs' Best Books of 2016 In his magisterial 1, 208 page narrative of the Pacific War, Francis Pike's Hirohito's War offers ...

Reducere. In the years leading up to the First World War, the United Kingdom was subjected to a ferocious campaign of bombing and arson. Those conducting thi...

Reducere. The small, tightknit island community of Martha's Vineyard was irrevocably transformed by World War II. From rationing and blackouts to a military ...

Reducere. Bombing its way into the headlines of the early 1970s, the Weather Underground was one of the most dramatic symbols of the anger felt by young Amer...

Reducere. As combat veterans and high commanders know, logic is often a stranger in wartime. --William B. Breuer, in The annals of World War II are mined wit...

Reducere. Did you know that Germany is a relatively new country? Its many different states only united in 1871, and it reunited after the fall of the Berlin ...

DescriptionWilliam Burns is best known as 'America's Sherlock Holmes' and became director at the Bureau of Investigation, to be immediately followe...

Reducere. DescriptionRobert Lovett grew up in Texas, went to Yale, and earned his wings as a naval air force hero in World War I. He played a key role in the...

Reducere. Immediately after World War II, there was little discussion of the Holocaust, but today the word has grown into a potent political and moral symbol...

DescriptionThis illustrated study explores, in detail, the controversial Battle of Berlin -- RAF Bomber Command's costly, brutal attempt to prove t...

High above the blood soaked trenches of the Somme during the Summer and Autumn of 1916, the Royal Flying Corps were acting out - and winning - one ...

Contributor(s): Author: Andy SaundersIllustrator: Gareth HectorIllustrator: Jim LaurierA fully illustrated analysis of the desperate aerial combats...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: J. Samuel WalkerIn this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes t...

When Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin's rigid airship LZ 1 flew over Lake Constance in 1900, it was the most advanced and impressive flying machine in t...