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The Inter-War Crisis 1919-1939 (2nd Edition) (Seminar Studies in History Series)

1 review
R.J. Overy

Longman, 2007

Fabulous seminar-study overview
In meeting its proclaimed goal of providing an academic overview to the subject of the inter-war period, this book succeeds brilliantly. From the results of the Treaty and the emerging Europe, to democracy and dictatorships, to the international crises that led up to the Second World War, this book is clear, readable, and rich in ideas. Certainly the title reveals enough to save the trouble of ...

Discovering Old Cameras 1839-1939 (Shire Discovering)
Robert White

Shire, 2001

The Twenty Years' Crisis 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations

9 reviews
E. H. Carr

Palgrave Macmillan, 2001

Defence for realism and support for pluralism
This book should be considered one of the `core' readings within the sphere of international relations, essential for any student of the subject. However Carr is not necessarily the diehard realist that he is sometimes made out to be. Despite being quoted by numerous texts as part of the realism school, Carr makes clear early on in his book that while he disagrees with pluralism and does a good ...

Badenheim 1939

8 reviews
Aharon Appelfeld

David R Godine, 1998

Highly Restrained, Polished and Beautiful
Aharon Appelfeld's beautiful and highly polished novel, Badenheim 1939 was originally published in Hebrew in 1975. Although the Holocaust forms both the historical backdrop of the novel as well as its imaginative focus, it does so from behind-the-scenes and, as such, is subtle and implicit in its assertions, all to its enormous credit. Badenheim 1939 is set at an Austrian vacation resort during ...

The European Home Fronts, 1939-1945 (The European History Series)
Earl Ray Beck

Harlan Davidson, 1993

In The European Homefronts, 1939-1945, Professor Earl Beck portrays the life of civilians in a continent torn by war. The cruelty of occupying forces laid a mantle of fear across the nations they controlled. Resistance movements risked the lives of their activists as well as those of uninvolved citizens. Millions of Jews were executed because of their race; hundreds of thousands of Slavs also lost their lives or were sent to harsh forced labor ...

Eastern Europe, 1939-2000 (Brief Histories)
Mark Pittaway

A Hodder Arnold Publication, 2004

This book examines the post-war history of Eastern Europe from the perspective of social history. It examines the nature and impact of socialist dictatorships on life in the region, and reveals the extent to which phenomena that emerged during the dictatorships are shaping society in the region today. It also integrates research conducted in the archives opened in the last eleven years into a general history of the region.

Poland 1939: The Birth Of Blitzkrieg (Campaign)

8 reviews
Steven Zaloga

Osprey Publishing, 2002

Best Book on this topic despite its short length
I have collected a number of books on the Polish Campaign, but I have to say that this is the best, despite its short length. It not only gives an excellent overview of the campaign, but disproves a number of widely held myths (Polish cavalry charging tanks, Polish air force being destroyed on the ground on the first day) and covers a number of small unit combats in detail. I particularly ...

Bound for Glory: America in Color 1939-43

11 reviews
Paul Hendrickson

Harry N. Abrams, 2004

Inspiring
My mother saw the Bound for Glory exhibition in Germany and was so impressed with it that she got ME this book, knowing how much I love to photograph rural Georgia (USA), then became so captivated by it that she was reluctant to give it up. The first time I opened the book I was so overwhelmed that I had to close it again; the images are stunning and truly inspiring, and each photo has so much ...

The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945

21 reviews
Saul Friedlander

Harper Perennial, 2008

An Essential Study of Nazi Germany and the Jews
This is truly a magisterial study of the Holocaust (Shoah), well deserving of its award of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, and follows the author's earlier volume covering the 1933-1939 period. It runs some 663 pages of text, includes 128 pages of meticulous notes, and 51 pages of bibliographic references. It places heavy reliance not only on contemporary documents, but also on ...

The New York World's Fair, 1939/1940: in 155 Photographs by Richard Wurts and Others

4 reviews
Richard Wurts

Dover Publications, 1977

Looking Forward to Getting Back
If one picture is worth a 1,000 words then this book makes bracingly clear the visual and visceral impact of the New York World's Fair of 1939. Indeed, it is a fine companion to "Dream of Venus (Or Living Pictures)," a clever novel set in the New York World's Fair of 1939 also available from Amazon.

The Fringes of Power: 10 Downing Street Diaries, 1939-1955

2 reviews
John Colville

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1985

Stupendous - you are THERE in wartime at 10 Downing Street
There are only a few works of art that manage to put one so completely in the swirl of true historical moment - this is one of them. In that sense, it is in bizarre counterpoint to say, the book and movie, Berlin Alexanderplatz (1930s Berlin among the "lumpen proletariat"). This work is fascinating - not only for the quite candid reflections of a very smart and likeable man at the top at a ...

Allied Fighters 1939-1945 (The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide)
Chris Chant

Zenith Press, 2008

Illustrated with detailed artworks of Allied fighter aircraft and their markings with exhaustive captions and specifications, The Essential Identification Guide: Allied Fighters 1939--45 is the definitive study of the equipment and organization of the Allies fighter units throughout the war. Organized by theatre of operations, the book describes in depth the various units that were fighting on the front at key points in the war and describes ...

The British Army Handbook 1939-1945 (Army Handbook)

2 reviews
George Forty

Sutton Publishing, 2003

Good Reference Source
A good reference source for the British Army at the height of its glory in WW2. Covers the organizational history of the British Army during WW2. The book not only covers the more well known aspects of the Britich Army but covers the lesser known parts of the Combat Service and Combat Service Suppport elements. A good companion volume to the US Army Handbook that also covers WW2. A must read ...

No Simple Victory: World War II in Europe, 1939-1945

26 reviews
Norman Davies

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008

Think you know a lot about WWII?
If you haven't read "No Simple Victory" by Norman Davies, you probably have a lot of misunderstandings and false impression about what really happened during WWII and why. This book is must reading for anyone who is interested in shattering the myths and understanding what really happened during the most tumultuous years of the 20th century. This book cuts through the watered down and ...

WAFFEN SS DIVISIONS, 1939-1945 (The Essential Vehicle Identification Guide)

6 reviews
Chris Bishop

Amber, 2007

Waffen SS Divisions 1939 - 1945
GOOD BOOK WITH THE HISTORY OF THE ss DIVISIONS, HAVE GOOD DRAWINGS OF THE VEHICLES USED.

RAF Handbook 1939-1945 (Handbook)
David Wragg

The History Press, 2007

Formed on 1 April 1918 from the merger of the Royal Naval Air Service with the Royal Flying Corps, the Royal Air Force was the first fully autonomous military air arm in the world. This book is a comprehensive, single source reference on the RAF and the vital part it played in the Second World War. It opens with a brief history of the service, followed by a chapter that reviews its situation on the outbreak of war. The chapters that follow look ...

The Royal Air Force 1939-45 (Men-at-Arms)

1 review
Andrew Cormack

Osprey Publishing, 1990

Short but Very Good
This book do a widespread view in the RAF's uniforms and some personal gear. It is a little short, like others Osprey books, but highly recommended for the modeler or anyone else interested in this subject.

European Cinemas, European Societies: 1939-1990 (Studies in Film, Television and the Media)
Pierre Sorlin

Routledge, 1991

Through the Second World War and its aftermath, from economic boom to industrial decline, Europeans have faced similar changes in politics and their outlook on life. But even on the eve of the formation of a single European community, their cultural backgrounds are far from unified. In European Cinemas, European Societies Pierre Sorlin looks at the way the nations of Europe have expressed their cultural individuality in film. For ...

Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age 1798-1939

3 reviews
Albert Hourani

Cambridge University Press, 1983

The genesis of Arab modern thought
This book is an extensive version of Hisham Sharabi's Arab Intellectuals. It highlights the reaction of the Arab intellectual circles to the expanding European influence that had reached the Arab world by the early 19th century. Hourani, however, presents a more thorough description of the life and thought of the most prominent Arab thinkers of the time including Jamaluddine Al-Afghani and ...

Ireland Since 1939: The Persistence of Conflict
Henry Patterson

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008

A compelling narrative of contemporary Ireland from one of its most highly respected historians The Ireland of today is a place poised between the divisiveness of deep-seated conflict and the modernizing pull of material prosperity. Though each state’s history is strikingly divergent, the mirroring ideologies that fuel them are remarkably symbiotic. With Ireland Since 1939, one of the most distinguished Irish historians working today casts a ...

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