Second World War. A Short History, Paperback - R. A. C. Parker

This is a compact but comprehensive and absorbing history of the Second World War. It examines the causes of the war, how it was won and lost, and ...

Tells the narrative of the Second World War.

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The Second World War lasted for 2, 174 days and claimed the lives of over 50 million people. Why did it take the course that it did? Why did the Ax...

A new softcover edition of a classic work at a very pleasing price. Superb photographs from the author's exhaustive collection. Simply the best ref...

The enormous loss of life and physical destruction caused by the First World War led people to hope that there would never be another such catastro...

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Previously untold stories and unpublished photographs of Norwich in wartimePublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Neil R StoreyIllustration(s):...

The most powerful story in stamp history, revealing the little icons at the heart of wartime propagandaIllustrations: 48 Plates, color; 100 Illustr...

An innovative illustrated history of the Second World War, told with the help of personal stories from across the globe.Publisher: Thames & Hudson ...

Although nearly 90% of the population of Great Britain remained civilians throughout the war, or for a large part of it, their story has so far lar...

The history of the Latvian people begins some four and a half millennia ago with the arrival of the proto-Baltic Indo-Europeans to northern Europe....

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"Globalization" has become a popular buzzword for explaining today's world. The expression achieved terminological stardom in the 1990s and was soo...

Traces the story of glass from its origins in Mesopotamia some 5000 years ago, to the creation of the elegant vessels of the Islamic Near East, the...

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A short history of Reading Gaol from its 19th-century origins to the present day.Publisher: Two Rivers PressAuthor(s): Peter StoneleyNumber of page...

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The structure of the book is chronological, with digressions. From Roman and then Norman London, we move on to Chaucer's London - the city of the P...

From the author of the critically acclaimed Bosnia: A Short History comes a 'magisterial work of history' TLS

Russian historian Abraham Ascher offers a skillful blend of engaging narrative and fresh analysis in this concise introduction to Russian history. ...

Capturing the stories of ordinary human beings who lived through extraordinary times

DescriptionTrevor Royle examines Scotland's role in the Second World War from a wide range of perspectives. The country's geographical position gav...

Throughout history, the Balkans have been a crossroads, a zone of endless military, cultural, and economic mixing and clashing between Europe and A...

Intended for the student of Italian history and culture as well as the general reader, this new edition presents a clear and concise account of the...

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Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Jeremy BlackIllustration(s): 16 Illustrations, black and white; 24 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 25...

DescriptionDuring the Second World War over half-a-million African troops served with the British Army as combatants and non-combatants in campaign...

Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, the author argues provocatively that Hitler did not set out to cause the war as par...

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DescriptionA concise and accessible history of decolonization in the twentieth centuryThe end of colonial rule in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean w...

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A particularly vicious and bloody civil war has racked Algeria for a decade. Amnesty International notes that since 1992, in a population of 28 mil...

This Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented, both in Africa and beyo...

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Over nearly fifty years, the author has built up an extensive collection of memorabilia from the First and Second World Wars. This book looks at se...

A moving journey through the history of the Vietnam War, packed with gripping accounts of struggle, sacrifice, and braveryThis is the definitive st...