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  • Hitler's Generals in America

    Nazi POWs and Allied Military Intelligence

    by Derek R. Mallett ...
    The WWII historian offers "provocative analysis" of the US military's evolving relationship with German officers held on American soil (Robert D. Billinger Jr., author of Nazi POWs in the Tar Heel State).In Hitler's Generals in America, Derek R. Mallett examines the relationship between American officials and the Wehrmacht general officers they held as prisoners of war in the United States between ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shots in the Dark

    Experimentation, Success, and Failure in the Second World War

    by Jadwiga Biskupska, Sara B. Castro, Robert Citino, Claire Cookson-Hills, Elena Friot, Brian Hayashi, Derek Mallett, Erina Megowan, Adrian O'Sullivan0, Katrin Paehler1, Kevin Riehle2, Jeff Rutherford3, Victoria Sotvedt4, Cameron Zinsou5 ...
    Series series World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension
    Brings together geographies and methodologies often kept apart by the difficulties of researching such a broad-ranging topic as the warShots in the Dark offers cutting-edge scholarship across different subfields in World War II history, revealing new insights into how this crucial conflict was planned, experienced, and fought. Twelve chapters demonstrate the broad scope of wartime innovation and ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Monumental Conflicts

    Twentieth-Century Wars and the Evolution of Public Memory

    Edited by Derek R. Mallett ...
    Monumental Conflicts examines 20th century wars from the First World War to the First Gulf War, each chapter analyzing how public memory has evolved over time. The chapters raise fascinating questions about war and memory:Why are wars remembered as they are?What factors drive changes in public perception?What implications arise from remembering and commemorating a war or particular aspects of a ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

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    The Myopia of American Strategic Planning

    by Andrei Martyanov ...
    Marytanov explains why and how the US armed forces have lost the military supremacy they thought they once had and how Russia, which supposedly had been defeated in the Cold War, succeeded not only in catching up with USA, but actually surpassing it in many key domains such as long range cruise missiles, diesel-electric submarines, air defenses, electronic warfare, air superiority and many others. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Bombing Civilians

    A Twentieth-Century History

    by Yuki Tanaka, Marilyn B. Young ...
    Bombing Civilians examines a crucial question: why did military planning in the early twentieth century shift its focus from bombing military targets to bombing civilians? From the British bombing of Iraq in the early 1920s to the most recent policies in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon, Bombing Civilians analyzes in detail the history of indiscriminate bombing, examining the fundamental ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Afghanistan

    The Soviet Union's Last War

    by Mark Galeotti ...
    The Soviet Union's last war was played out against the backdrop of dramatic change within the USSR. This is the first book to study the impact of the war on Russian politics and society. Based on extensive use of Soviet official and unofficial sources, as well as work with Afghan veterans, it illustrates the way the war fed into a wide range of other processes, from the rise of grassroots ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

  • The Nazi Conspiracy

    The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

    by Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"An absolute home run! You will never look at WWII the same way again." —Brad Thor, #1 bestselling author"Meltzer and Mensch are masters." —Jon Meacham, author The Soul of America"A true story that reads like a thriller." —Alexander S. Vindman, LT. Col., U.S. Army (Ret.)"An outstanding and memorable reading experience....a true page-... ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • The Rhyme of History

    Lessons of the Great War

    by Margaret MacMillan ...
    As the 100th anniversary of World War I approaches, historian Margaret MacMillan compares current global tensions-rising nationalism, globalization’s economic pressures, sectarian strife, and the United States’ fading role as the world’s pre-eminent superpower-to the period preceding the Great War. In illuminating the years before 1914, MacMillan shows the many parallels between then and now, ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Judgment at Tokyo

    World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia

    by Gary J. Bass ...
    **WINNER OF THE ARTHUR ROSS BOOK AWARD FROM THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS • ACCLAIMED AS ONE OF THE YEAR’S 10 BEST BOOKS BY THE WASHINGTON POST • 12 ESSENTIAL NONFICTION BOOKS BY THE NEW YORKER • 100 NOTABLE BOOKS BY THE NEW YORK TIMES • BEST BOOKS BY THE ECONOMIST, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, AND AIR MAIL • 10 ESSENTIAL BOOKS BY THE TELEGRAPH • MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE ... Read more

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  • The Uses and Abuses of History

    by Margaret MacMillan ...
    History can be a very useful tool in understanding why we and those we must deal with think and react in certain ways. But in the wrong hands it can be dangerous and used to foster a sense of grievance or a desire for revenge. Eminent historian Margaret MacMillan is fascinated by the power of history in our thinking. In The Uses and Abuses of History, she points out some of the traps that we can ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Tragedy of Great Power Politics

    by John J. Mearsheimer ...
    "A superb book....Mearsheimer has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the behavior of great powers."—The National Interest, Barry R. PosenA decade after the cold war ended, policy makers and academics foresaw a new era of peace and prosperity, an era in which democracy and open trade would herald the "end of history." The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, sadly shattered ... Read more

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  • Blood and Ruins

    The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945

    by Richard Overy ...
    **“Monumental… [A] vast and detailed study that is surely the finest single-volume history of World War II. Richard Overy has given us a powerful reminder of the horror of war and the threat posed by dictators with dreams of empire.” – The Wall Street JournalA thought-provoking and original reassessment of World War II, from Britain’s leading military historianA New York Times bestseller**Richard ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD