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Author : Saul Friedländer
Publisher : London : Chatto & Windus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Prelude to Downfall: Hitler and the United States 1939-1941 written by Saul Friedländer and published by London : Chatto & Windus. This book was released on 1967 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Saul Friedländer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (632 download)
Download or read book Prelude to Downfall written by Saul Friedländer and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Saul Friedländer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (116 download)
Download or read book Prelude to Downfall written by Saul Friedländer and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Saul Friedlander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (959 download)
Download or read book Prelude to Downfall written by Saul Friedlander and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Saul Friedländer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Prelude to Downfall written by Saul Friedländer and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Saul FRIEDLANDER
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Hitler et les États-Unis. Prelude to downfall: Hitler and the United States 1939-1941, by Saul Friedlander; translated by Aline B. and Alexander Werth written by Saul FRIEDLANDER and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ian Kershaw
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141915048
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Fateful Choices written by Ian Kershaw and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1940 the world was on a knife-edge. The hurricane of events that marked the opening of the Second World War meant that anything could happen. For the aggressors there was no limit to their ambitions; for their victims a new Dark Age beckoned. Over the next few months their fates would be determined. In Fateful Choices Ian Kershaw re-creates the ten critical decisions taken between May 1940, when Britain chose not to surrender, and December 1941, when Hitler decided to destroy Europe’s Jews, showing how these choices would recast the entire course of history.
Author : Norman Rich
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393008029
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Hitler's War Aims written by Norman Rich and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1973 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dealing with the military phase of Hitler's expansion, Rich tells an absorbing story of Germany's relentless drive in every direction and provides a vivid account of the relations between Hitler and his newly acquired subjects and satellites." --Hans W. Gatzke, Political Science Quarterly
Author : Felix Klos
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786732920
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)
Download or read book Churchill's Last Stand written by Felix Klos and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Second World War, with much of Europe in ruins, the victorious Winston Churchill swore to build a peace across Europe that would last a generation.Fighting against the new 'Iron Curtain' which had fallen across the world, and battling the personal disappointment of losing the 1945 election in Britain, Churchill dedicated the rest of his life to forging a united Europe. This book, based in part on new evidence, reveals his vision: Britain as a leading member of the European family. Through Churchill's own private papers, Felix Klos unveils Churchill's personal battle to regain his place in world affairs, his confidential conversations with European leaders and the thinking and preparation behind some of his most powerful speeches. A beautifully written history of Europe after the war, and a new glimpse at one of its greatest statesmen.
Author : Andrew W. Field
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473838495
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Prelude to Waterloo: Quatre Bras written by Andrew W. Field and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “As a piece of historical research, this is a force majeure . . . a must read for anyone interested in the Napoleonic Wars” by the author of Waterloo (Federation of Family History Societies). The Battle of Quatre Bras was critical to the outcome of the Waterloo campaign—to the victory of the allied armies of Wellington and Blücher, the defeat of the French and the fall of Napoleon. But it has been overshadowed by the two larger-scale engagements at Ligny and at Waterloo itself. And too often the clash at Quatre Bras has been seen mainly through the eyes of the British and their allies—the viewpoint of the French has been neglected. It is this weakness in the history of the battle that Andrew Field focuses on in this original and highly readable new study. Drawing on French eyewitness recollections and later commentary, he reconstructs the French experience of the battle—and the French interpretation of it. He quotes extensively, and subjects to critical analysis, the conflicting accounts written by Napoleon and his subordinates as they sought justify their decisions and actions at this pivotal moment in the campaign. “Andrew Field writes with a light touch that makes a very detailed discussion of this significant event of the Hundred Days campaign a pleasure to read. This volume is an ideal companion to his previous book on Waterloo and to Robinson’s account of Quatre Bras.”—Miniature Wargames Magazine “Offer[s] a new perspective of this significant confrontation that is often overshadowed by Ligny and Waterloo.”—Gloire & Empire
Author : H Edward Newton
Publisher : eNewton publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781411615878
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (158 download)
Download or read book Angel of Death - Downfall written by H Edward Newton and published by eNewton publishing. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part One What if Lucifer was cast down from Heaven by the courage of a little boy? What if that same little boy came to Earth? And what if Lucifer sought to exact his revenge on the child, today? Jacob Meridian is about to find out. Recruited by Michael the Archangel, the duo must solve the mystery of Lucifer's return to Earth as well as find Phillip, the last child in Heaven. In the wake of the little boy's path is a trail of destruction and death. To follow this trail is to find Phillip. To help Jacob to better understand the nature of Phillip, Michael recounts the history of the boy and his conflict with Lucifer when the Earth was still young.
Author : Lynne Olson
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812982142
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Those Angry Days written by Lynne Olson and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND KIRKUS REVIEWS From the acclaimed author of Citizens of London comes the definitive account of the debate over American intervention in World War II—a bitter, sometimes violent clash of personalities and ideas that divided the nation and ultimately determined the fate of the free world. At the center of this controversy stood the two most famous men in America: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who championed the interventionist cause, and aviator Charles Lindbergh, who as unofficial leader and spokesman for America’s isolationists emerged as the president’s most formidable adversary. Their contest of wills personified the divisions within the country at large, and Lynne Olson makes masterly use of their dramatic personal stories to create a poignant and riveting narrative. While FDR, buffeted by political pressures on all sides, struggled to marshal public support for aid to Winston Churchill’s Britain, Lindbergh saw his heroic reputation besmirched—and his marriage thrown into turmoil—by allegations that he was a Nazi sympathizer. Spanning the years 1939 to 1941, Those Angry Days vividly re-creates the rancorous internal squabbles that gripped the United States in the period leading up to Pearl Harbor. After Germany vanquished most of Europe, America found itself torn between its traditional isolationism and the urgent need to come to the aid of Britain, the only country still battling Hitler. The conflict over intervention was, as FDR noted, “a dirty fight,” rife with chicanery and intrigue, and Those Angry Days recounts every bruising detail. In Washington, a group of high-ranking military officers, including the Air Force chief of staff, worked to sabotage FDR’s pro-British policies. Roosevelt, meanwhile, authorized FBI wiretaps of Lindbergh and other opponents of intervention. At the same time, a covert British operation, approved by the president, spied on antiwar groups, dug up dirt on congressional isolationists, and planted propaganda in U.S. newspapers. The stakes could not have been higher. The combatants were larger than life. With the immediacy of a great novel, Those Angry Days brilliantly recalls a time fraught with danger when the future of democracy and America’s role in the world hung in the balance. Praise for Those Angry Days “Powerfully [re-creates] this tenebrous era . . . Olson captures in spellbinding detail the key figures in the battle between the Roosevelt administration and the isolationist movement.”—The New York Times Book Review “Popular history at its most riveting . . . In Those Angry Days, journalist-turned-historian Lynne Olson captures [the] period in a fast-moving, highly readable narrative punctuated by high drama.”—Associated Press
Author : David Reynolds
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0307824802
Total Pages : 1014 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)
Download or read book In Command of History written by David Reynolds and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-09-19 with total page 1014 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winston Churchill was one of the giants of the twentieth century. As Britain’s prime minister from 1940 to 1945, he courageously led his nation and the world away from appeasement, into war, and on to triumph over the Axis dictators. His classic six-volume account of those years, The Second World War, has shaped our perceptions of the conflict and secured Churchill’s place as its most important chronicler. Now, for the first time, a book explains how Churchill wrote this masterwork, and in the process enhances and often revises our understanding of one of history’s most complex, vivid, and eloquent leaders. In Command of History sheds new light on Churchill in his multiple, often overlapping roles as warrior, statesman, politician, and historian. Citing excerpts from the drafts and correspondence for Churchill’s magnum opus, David Reynolds opens our eyes to the myriad forces that shaped its final form. We see how Churchill’ s manuscripts were vetted by Whitehall to conceal secrets such as the breaking of the Enigma code by British spymasters at Bletchley Park, and how Churchill himself edited the volumes to avoid offending postwar statesmen such as Tito, Charles de Gaulle, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. We explore his confusions about the true story of the atomic bomb, learn of his second thoughts about Stalin, and watch him repackage himself as a consistent advocate of the D-Day landings. In Command of History is a major work that forces us to reconsider much received wisdom about World War II. It also peels back the covers from an unjustly neglected period of Churchill’s life, his “second wilderness” years, 1945—1951. During this time Churchill, now over seventy, wrote himself into history, politicked himself back into 10 Downing Street, and delivered some of the most vital oratory of his career, including his pivotal “iron curtain” speech. Exhaustively researched and dazzlingly written, this is a revelatory portrait of one of the world’s most profiled figures, a work by a historian in full command of his craft. “A fascinating account that accomplishes the impossible: [Reynolds] actually finds something new and interesting to say about one of the most chronicled characters of all time.” –The New York Times Book Review A New York Times NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A BEST HISTORY OF THE YEAR SELECTION –The New York Sun NOTE: This edition does not include photographs.
Author : Jeffrey Herf
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003811183
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Three Faces of Antisemitism written by Jeffrey Herf and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Faces of Antisemitism examines the three primary forms of antisemitism as they emerged in modern and contemporary Germany, and then in other countries. The chapters draw on the author’s historical scholarship over the years on the form antisemitism assumed on the far right in Weimar and Nazi Germany, in the Communist regime in East Germany, and in the West German radical left, and in Islamist organizations during World War II and the Holocaust, and afterward in the Middle East. The resurgence of antisemitism since the attacks of September 11, 2001, has origins in the ideas, events, and circumstances in Europe and the Middle East in the half century from the 1920s to the 1970s. This book covers the period since 1945 when neo-Nazism was on the fringes of Western and world politics, and the persistence of antisemitism took place primarily when its leftist and Islamist forms combined antisemitism with anti-Zionism in attacks on the state of Israel. The collection includes recent essays of commentary that draw attention to the simultaneous presence of antisemitism’s three faces. While scholarship on the antisemitism of the Nazi regime and the Holocaust remains crucial, the scholarly, intellectual, and political effort to fight antisemitism in our times requires the examination of antisemitism’s leftist and Islamist forms as well. This book will be of interest to scholars researching antisemitism, racism, conspiracy theories, the far right, the far left, and Islamism.
Author : Patrick Weil
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674291611
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)
Download or read book The Madman in the White House written by Patrick Weil and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1932 Sigmund Freud and diplomat William Bullitt completed a well-informed psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson, inspired by his irrational handling of the Treaty of Versailles. Released decades later in redacted form, the book was panned by critics and immediately forgotten. Patrick Weil resurrects the original version and reassesses its insights.
Author : Marc Wortman
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802190324
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book 1941: Fighting the Shadow War written by Marc Wortman and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A wide-ranging examination of America’s entry into World War II.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review In 1941: Fighting the Shadow War, A Divided America in a World at War, historian Marc Wortman thrillingly explores the little-known history of America’s clandestine involvement in World War II before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Prior to that infamous day, America had long been involved in a shadow war. Winston Churchill, England’s beleaguered new prime minister, pleaded with Franklin D. Roosevelt for help. FDR concocted ingenious ways to come to his aid, without breaking the Neutrality Acts. Launching Lend-Lease, conducting espionage at home and in South America to root out Nazi sympathizers, and waging undeclared war in the Atlantic, were just some of the tactics with which FDR battled Hitler in the shadows. FDR also had to contend with growing isolationism and anti-Semitism as he tried to influence public opinion. While Americans were sympathetic to those being crushed under Axis power, they were unwilling to enter a foreign war. Wortman tells the story through the eyes of the powerful as well as ordinary citizens. Their stories weave throughout the intricate tapestry of events that unfold during the crucial year of 1941. Combining military and political history, Wortman’s “brisk narrative takes us across nations and oceans with a propulsive vigor that speeds the book along like a good thriller” (The Wall Street Journal). “A fascinating narrative of a domestic conflict presaging America’s plunge into global war.” —Booklist, starred review
Author : Richard Carswell
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030039552
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Fall of France in the Second World War written by Richard Carswell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how the fall of France in the Second World War has been recorded by historians and remembered within society. It argues that explanations of the fall have usually revolved around the four main themes of decadence, failure, constraint and contingency. It shows that the dominant explanation claimed for many years that the fall was the inevitable consequence of a society grown rotten in the inter-war period. This view has been largely replaced among academic historians by a consensus which distinguishes between the military defeat and the political demise of the Third Republic. It emphasizes the contingent factors that led to the military defeat. At the same time it seeks to understand the constraints within which France’s policy-makers were required to act and the reasons for their policy-making failures in economics, defence and diplomacy.
