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L'on dirait une règle bien établie : chaque guerre, en particulier celles du XXe siècle, s'est recouverte d'une épaisse couche de mythes, de légendes, d'idées reçues, d'ailleurs souvent fabriqués durant les hostilités par les propagandes des deux camps ou par des historiens partisans. Cet ouvrage est une entreprise de décapage qui s'attaque à restituer plus de justesse et de vérité à la Grande Guerre, césure majeure du XXe siècle, en particulier pour la France.

Helmut Altner wurde zwei Tage nach seinem siebzehnten Geburtstag zum Wehrdienst eingezogen, um in den letzten Wochen des Unterganges des »Dritten Reiches« an der Oderfront und in Berlin zu kämpfen. Seine hauptsächlich aus Angehörigen des Jahrgangs 1928 bestehende Einheit wurde knapp hinter der Front ausgebildet und erlitt bei den Kämpfen während der sowjetischen Hauptoffensive an der Oder und beim Rückzug nach Berlin schwere Verluste...

Bloomsbury presents Aurore by Graham Hurley, read by Andrew Cullum. 'Historical fiction of a high order' The Times Barely half of the Bomber Command's aircrews survive a full tour, but wireless operator Billy Angell has beaten the odds and completed his 30th – and final – mission. Now, Billy...

Throughout a long and utterly unique and controversial life of public service, one of the towering figures of the 20th century Winston Churchill had an equally extended, far less known, but no less fascinating involvement with Spain and its people. Much of this was conducted in secret, and yet...

Kanava-tietokirjapalkinto 2020 Arabikevään mielenosoituksista käynnistynyt Syyrian konflikti on ollut valtava humanitaarinen katastrofi. Kuolonuhreja on useita satoja tuhansia, ja yli puolet Syyrian väestöstä on joutunut jättämään kotinsa. Iran, Venäjä, Turkki ja muut ulkovallat ovat...

Cómo mueren las democracias y cómo logran consolidarse las dictaduras? En una época marcada por la polarización y la inestabilidad global, Revolución permanente: el Estado total en un mundo en guerra se erige como una lectura imprescindible para comprender la naturaleza del totalitarismo y...

Venäjän hyökkäyssota Ukrainaan kehystetään usein taisteluksi, jossa vastakkain ovat demokratia ja autoritäärisyys. Olemmeko jälleen siirtymässä tällaisten ideologisten kamppailujen aikaan? Edustaako sota historiallista katkosta, vai pitäisikö se nähdä jatkona pidempiaikaisille...

Before they became numbers, they were children with names.They had homes, schools, family tables, favorite streets, prayers, books, toys, and dreams. Then Nazi persecution turned ordinary childhood into a fight for survival.The Children They Could Not Erase is a respectful, powerful historical...

In dieser Tagebuchreihe folgen wir den persönlichen Aufzeichnungen und Erinnerungen des deutschen Nachtjägerpiloten Peter Spoden durch die letzten Jahre des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Peter Spoden diente als Nachtjäger in der Luftwaffe und flog Einsätze bei den Nachtjagdgeschwadern NJG 5 und NJG 6...

First published in 1929, Goodbye to All That is Robert Graves’s extraordinary account of a world shattered by the First World War. From his childhood in Edwardian England and his education at Charterhouse to the blood-soaked trenches of the Western Front, Graves traces the making and unmaking...

In The OSS: America’s First Spy Agency, acclaimed historian Cyril Marlen peels back the curtain on the secret missions, eccentric characters, and dangerous innovations that defined the OSS’s short but seismic existence. From hidden radios tucked into shaving kits to jungle warfare in Burma, from psychological propaganda campaigns to midnight parachute drops into Nazi territory, this is the untold story of America’s first experiment with shadow war—and the people bold enough to carry it out.

The classic Second World War novel that inspired the acclaimed 1981 film 'Breathless, terrifying U-boat drama . . . a masterclass in economical, tight-space story telling, piling the pressure on both characters and audience' TIME OUT 'Riveting' NEW YORK TIMES 'Dynamic . . . striking...

Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far from front lines and prying eyes, Japanese doctors and their assistants subjected human guinea pigs to gruesome medical experiments in the name of science and Japan's wartime chemical and biological warfare research. Author Hal Gold draws upon a wealth of sources to construct a portrait of the Imperial Japanese Army's most notorious medical unit, giving an overview of its history and detailing its most shocking activities.

This work takes listeners to two countries ravaged by World War II, Poland and Japan, recounting the wartime experiences of teenagers Bogdan and Seiko. Bogdan’s family abandoned its home in Bydgoszcz, Poland, and fled to Warsaw, where Bogdan fought for the Polish Home Army in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. During this brutal conflict, as Poles tried to oust occupying Germans, Bogdan sustained severe injuries, and after the Germans crushed the Uprising, he endured seven POW camps. On the other side of the globe, in Hokkaido, Japan, Seiko’s country went to war against the U.S.

The Vietnam War cast a shadow over the American psyche from the moment it began. In its time it sparked budget deficits, campus protests, and an erosion of US influence around the world. Long after the last helicopter evacuated Saigon, Americans have continued to battle over whether it was ever a winnable war.

Revolutions hold a distinct place in the popular imagination. This may be because their rhetoric, such as ‘liberty, fraternity, equality’, articulates aspirations with which we identify; or because we are shocked by the destructive forces unleashed when social conventions break down. Yet...

Of all the celebrities who served their country during World War II - and they were legion - Jimmy Stewart was unique. On December 7, when the attack on Pearl Harbor woke so many others to the reality of war, Stewart was already in uniform - as a private on guard duty south of San Francisco at the Army Air Corps Moffet Field. Seeing war on the horizon, Jimmy Stewart, at the height of his fame after Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and his Oscar-winning turn in The Philadelphia Story in 1940, had enlisted several months earlier.

The author is a former Marine who served in Vietnam from August 1967 through October 1968. Included in his awards is the combat action ribbon. This book is dedicated to all Vietnam veterans. We finally made it home.

The Civil War was the first "modern war." Because of the rapid changes in American society, Abraham Lincoln became president of a divided United States during a period of technological and social revolution. Among the many modern marvels that gave the North an advantage was the telegraph, which Lincoln used to stay connected to the forces in the field in almost real time. No leader in history had ever possessed such a powerful tool to gain control over a fractious situation. An eager student of technology, Lincoln had to learn to use the power of electronic messages.

Horatio Nelson's celebrated victory over the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 presented Britain with an unprecedented command of the seas. Yet the Royal Navy's role in the struggle against Napoleonic France was far from over. This groundbreaking book asserts that, contrary to the accepted notion that the Battle of Trafalgar essentially completed the Navy's task, the war at sea actually intensified over the next decade, ceasing only with Napoleon's final surrender.