Second World War Reading List
Explore a curated list of books on Second World War History, offering critical perspectives on one of the most significant periods in modern history….
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Why I Became an X Troop Commando
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‘What the did Crusades ever do for us?’ by Roger Crowley
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Bletchley Park and D-Day: A Q&A with David Kenyon
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Secret Intelligence and the Freedom of Information – by Helen Fry
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Hitler’s Obsession with the Occult – by Eric Kurlander
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Yitzhak Rabin, by Itamar Rabinovich – An Extract
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Remembering the 1967 Six Day War by Guy Laron
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‘War: An Enquiry’ by A. C. Grayling – an extract
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Why I Became an X Troop Commando
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‘What the did Crusades ever do for us?’ by Roger Crowley
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Bletchley Park and D-Day: A Q&A with David Kenyon
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Secret Intelligence and the Freedom of Information – by Helen Fry
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Hitler’s Obsession with the Occult – by Eric Kurlander
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Yitzhak Rabin, by Itamar Rabinovich – An Extract
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Remembering the 1967 Six Day War by Guy Laron
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‘War: An Enquiry’ by A. C. Grayling – an extract
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Why I Became an X Troop Commando
Born in Germany in 1922, Colin Anson’s (Claus Ascher) childhood was marked by the trials of Nazism. His father was arrested by the Gestapo…
2022 Gift Guide: History Books
This selection of history books will make a great gift to gain expert knowledge, no matter which areas of history they are interested in!
Military Strategy: A Global History – a Q&A with Jeremy Black
In this Q&A, Jeremy Black, emeritus professor of history at the University of Exeter and author of Military Strategy: A Global History, is interviewed…
A Schoolmaster’s War – an extract from Harry Rée’s wartime diaries
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all keep on reading over the coming…
‘What the did Crusades ever do for us?’ by Roger Crowley
What did the crusades ever do for us? This clash of medieval civilizations is defined by warfare, but over the course of its two hundred…
Peace at Last: A Portrait of Armistice Day by Guy Cuthbertson – An Extract
Armistice Day was declared on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918. In Peace at Last, author Guy Cuthbertson,…
Hitler’s Obsession with the Occult – by Eric Kurlander
The Nazi fascination with the occult is legendary, yet today it is often dismissed as Heinrich Himmler’s personal obsession or wildly overstated for its…
Remembering the 1967 Six Day War by Guy Laron
The Six Day War was fought between 5th and 10th June 1967 by Israel and the neighbouring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. On the 50th…
Praetorian by Guy de la Bédoyère – an extract
In his latest work, Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome’s Imperial Bodyguard, Guy de la Bédoyère traces the compelling history of the elite soldiers…
Heroic Failure and the British: An extract
Stephanie Barczewski’s new book Heroic Failure and the British, offers a fresh way of thinking about the continuing legacy of Empire in British culture…
The Battle of Britain: The Battle Won
‘How did the British achieve this victory? Statistics can often illustrate the decline of one side as against the other. Here the statistics tell…
The Battle of Agincourt: Shakespeare
‘He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d, And rouse him at the name…
The Battle of Britain: The Crisis
‘On 1 August Hitler issued Führer Directive No. 17 … The RAF must be eliminated as well as its ground installations and the aircraft industry.’…
The Battle of Britain: Overture
‘Germany had every reason to be confident of victory in the ensuing battle.’ On 15 September 1940 Britain came under air attack from the German…
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