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It is well known that World War II gave rise to human rights rhetoric, discredited a racist regime abroad, and provided new opportunities for African Americans to fight, work, and demand equality at……続きを見る

Nazi art looting has been the subject of enormous international attention in recent years, and the topic of two history bestsellers, Hector Feliciano's The Lost Museum and Lynn Nicholas's The Rape o……続きを見る

Looking out a second-story window of her family's quarters at the Pearl Harbor naval base on December 7, 1941, eleven-year-old Jackie Smith could see not only the Rising Sun insignias on the wings o……続きを見る

Winner of both the National Book Award for Arts and Letters and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, Paul Fussell's The Great War and Modern Memory was one of the most original and ……続きを見る

America's struggle against Nazism is one of the few aspects of World War II that has escaped controversy. Historians agree that it was a widely popular war, different from the subsequent conflicts i……続きを見る

In February 1933, Adolf Hitler had only a tenuous grasp on power. Chancellor of Germany for merely four weeks, he led a fragile coalition government. The Nazis had lost seats in the Reichstag in the……続きを見る

The sixth volume in one of the great ongoing works of American cultural history--Kevin Starr's monumental Americans and the California Dream--Embattled Dreams is a peerless work of cultural history ……続きを見る

Even as the New Deal was coping with the Depression, a new menace was developing abroad. Exploiting Germany's own economic burdens, Hitler reached out to the disaffected, turning their aimless disco……続きを見る

When the Japanese began their brutal occupation of the Philippines in January 1942, 76,000 ill and starving Filipino and American troops tried to hold out on Bataan and Corregidor. That spring, afte……続きを見る

Nechama Tec's Defiance, an account of a Jewish partisan unit that fought the Nazis in the Polish forests during World War II, was turned into a major feature film. Yet despite the attention this fil……続きを見る

First serious examination of the curious demise of Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler that also investigates an extraordinary web of secret deals and international intrigue. On 23 May 1945 Heinrich Hi……続きを見る

The powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, ……続きを見る

Rewriting German History offers striking new insights into key debates about the recent German past. Bringing together cutting-edge research and current discussions, this volume examines development……続きを見る

In questo numero: Waffen SS in guerra, La Florian Geyer a Nyiregyhaza, Brigata Wallonien (2a parte), La 32a divisione SS ‘30 Januar’, Josef “Sepp” Dietrich, Unterscharführer Harald Nugiseks , SS-Obe……続きを見る

Leading international Holocaust scholars reflect upon their personal experiences and professional trajectories over many decades of immersion in the field. Changes are examined within the context of……続きを見る

Ce témoignage sur la défaite de 1940, écrit sur le vif par un grand historien, est particulièrement précieux. Avec le recul, on ne peut qu'admirer la lucidité, la clarté d'esprit de Marc Bloch. Ces ……続きを見る

Les dossiers secrets de la Seconde guerre mondiale : ces petites histoires oubliées qui ont participé de la Grande ! Dans cet ouvrage se trouvent des héros, des traîtres, des savants, des aventurier……続きを見る

Over the past 1,000 years Hurley, in the County of Berkshire, has experienced its fair share of historic events, from royal visitations to the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Modern history appears to ……続きを見る

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"A brilliantly vibrant and compulsively readable one-volume life of one of the giants of the twentieth century." ーMichael Beschloss “A clear-eyed, grand-scale biography. . . . [Eisenhower] provides……続きを見る

In the hell that was World War II, the Eastern Front was its heart of fire and ice. Gottlob Herbert Bidermann served in that lethal theater from 1941 to 1945, and his memoir of those years recapture……続きを見る

Acclaimed for its vivid, poignant, and honest recreation of sixteen brutal months of nearly continuous battle in the deadly Hindu Kesh, Outlaw Platoon is a Band of Brothers or We Were Soldiers Once ……続きを見る

On October 6, 1973ーYom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendarーthe Arab world launched a bold and ingeniously conceived surprise attack against Israel. After three days of intense, bloody c……続きを見る

AIAS, translated by award-winning poet James Scully, is one of Sophocles's seven surviving works, and one of the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens. Still powerful and remarkably timely thousan……続きを見る

Afghan-American journalist Fariba Nawa delivers a revealing and deeply personal exploration of Afghanistan and the drug trade which rules the country, from corrupt officials to warlords and child br……続きを見る

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A gripping true story of survival, bravery, and honor in the vast Arctic wilderness during World War II, from Mitchell Zuckoff, the author of New York Times bestseller Lost……続きを見る

“[With Wings Like Eagles is] bold and refreshing… Korda writes with great elegance and flair.”ーWall Street Journal From the New York Times bestselling author of Ike and Horse People, Michael Korda,……続きを見る

A preeminent writer on Paris, John Baxter brilliantly brings to life one of the most dramatic and fascinating periods in the city’s history. From 1914 through 1918 the terrifying sounds of World War……続きを見る

“In this fascinating book, Madeleine Albright weaves together history, personal experiences, and brilliant analysis in exploring how religion can be a force for liberty and tolerance rather than opp……続きを見る