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The Oxford History of the Third Reich (Paperback): Robert Gellately The Oxford History of the Third Reich (Paperback)
Robert Gellately
R428 R350 Discovery Miles 3 500 Save R78 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Histories you can trust. At age thirty in 1919, Adolf Hitler had no accomplishments. He was a rootless loner, a corporal in a shattered army, without money or prospects. A little more than twenty years later, in autumn 1941, he directed his dynamic forces against the Soviet Union, and in December, the Germans were at the gates of Moscow and Leningrad. At that moment, Hitler appeared - however briefly - to be the most powerful ruler on the planet. Given this dramatic turn of events, it is little wonder that since 1945 generations of historians keep trying to explain how it all happened. This rich history provides a readable and fresh approach to the complex history of the Third Reich, from the coming to power of the Nazis in 1933 to the final collapse in 1945, distilling our ideas about the period and providing a balanced and accessible account of the whole era.

Death Control in the West 1500-1800 - Sex Ratios at Baptism in Italy, France and England (Paperback): Gregory Hanlon Death Control in the West 1500-1800 - Sex Ratios at Baptism in Italy, France and England (Paperback)
Gregory Hanlon
R1,171 Discovery Miles 11 710 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book explores how families of the early modern age in Italy, France and England adopted a system of selective infanticide to manage food and economic resources avoiding the creation of problematic situations for the survival of the family. Providing students and researcher of early modern history with a new take on the history of the family to inform their studies. The book is based on careful transcription of a wide array of documents, including hundreds of criminal cases, thousands of instances of civil litigation and claims of property damage, baptism records, a complete set of village assembly records and attendant tax assessments. Enabling students and researchers to see how these legal and economic records can expand their knowledge of social history and the period more broadly. Death Control in the West provides students and researchers interested in the demographic mechanisms of the age and for the study of social and family relationships in early modern Europe with the tools to undertake their own research and form their own conclusions about the prolificity of infanticide in early modern Europe.

Viking - The Norse Warrior's (Unofficial) Manual (Hardcover): John Haywood Viking - The Norse Warrior's (Unofficial) Manual (Hardcover)
John Haywood 1
R450 R369 Discovery Miles 3 690 Save R81 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The fifth instalment in this popular and highly successful series, Viking follows on from Legionary, Gladiator, Knight and Samurai, your guide to the Norse world of the tenth century ad. Discover everything you will need to become a successful Viking warrior: how to join a war band; what to look for in a good leader; how to behave at a feast; what weapons and armour to choose; how to fight in a shield wall; where to go raiding; how to plunder a monastery and ransom a monk; how to navigate at sea; and what to expect if you die gloriously in battle. Modern reconstructions and ancient artefacts, including 16 pages of brilliant colour images, will immerse the reader visually in the Viking world. The humorous text peppered with quotes from sagas and chronicles will take you on an engrossing journey from joining a raiding party to how to die gloriously.

Conspiracy and the Spanish Civil War - The Brainwashing of Francisco Franco (Paperback): Herbert R. Southworth Conspiracy and the Spanish Civil War - The Brainwashing of Francisco Franco (Paperback)
Herbert R. Southworth
R1,621 Discovery Miles 16 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Written by one of the most celebrated historians of the Spanish Civil War, this book presents a fascinating account of the origins of the war and the nature and importance of conspiracy for the extreme right. Based on exhaustive research, and written with lucidity and considerable humour, it acts as both an outstanding introduction to the vast literature of the war, and a monumental contribution to that literature.

Princes of the Renaissance (Paperback): Mary Hollingsworth Princes of the Renaissance (Paperback)
Mary Hollingsworth; Narrated by Karen Cass
R459 R374 Discovery Miles 3 740 Save R85 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important and influential patrons. 'Exceptionally sumptuous... This vivid history brings to life the vices and virtues of the feuding ruling families of Italy.' Michael Prodger, The Times 'Full of treasures to be uncovered... A chance to visit a glittering, at times rather gory, world that is different and yet dreamily familiar to our own.' BBC History Revealed From the late Middle Ages, the independent Italian city-states were taken over by powerful families who installed themselves as dynastic rulers. Inspired by the humanists, the princes of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italy immersed themselves in the culture of antiquity, commissioning palaces, villas and churches inspired by the architecture of ancient Rome, and offering patronage to artists and writers. Many of these princes were related by blood or marriage, creating a web of alliances that held society together but whose tensions sometimes threatened to tear it apart; thus were their lives dominated as much by the waging of war as the nurture of artistic talent. In a narrative that is as rigorous and closely researched as it is accessible and informative, Mary Hollingsworth sets the princes' aesthetic achievements in the context of the volatile, ever-shifting politics of a tumultuous period of history.

The Vikings (Hardcover): Hermione Redshaw The Vikings (Hardcover)
Hermione Redshaw; Designed by Amy Li
R418 R338 Discovery Miles 3 380 Save R80 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
The Italian City-Republics (Paperback, 5th edition): Trevor Dean, Daniel Waley The Italian City-Republics (Paperback, 5th edition)
Trevor Dean, Daniel Waley
R1,128 Discovery Miles 11 280 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Now in its fifth edition, The Italian City Republics illustrates how, from the eleventh century onwards, many Italian towns achieved independence as political entities, unhindered by any centralising power. Until the fourteenth century, when the regimes of individual 'tyrants' took over in most towns, these communes were the scene of a precocious, and very well-documented, experiment in republican self-government. In this new edition, Trevor Dean has expanded the book's treatment of women and gender, the early history of the communes and the lives of non-elites. Focusing on the typical medium-sized towns rather than the better-known cities, the authors draw on a rich variety of contemporary material, both documentary and literary, to portray the world of the communes, illustrating the patriotism and public spirit as well as the equally characteristic factional strife which was to tear them apart. Discussion of the artistic and social lives of the inhabitants shows how these towns were the seedbed of the cultural achievements of the early Renaissance. The Bibliography has been updated to a list of Further Reading with the latest scholarship for students to continue their studies. Both students and the general reader interested in Italian history, literature and art will find this accessible book a rewarding and fascinating read.

Crime, Justice and Public Order in Old Regime France - The Senechaussees of Libourne and Bazas, 1696-1789 (Hardcover): Julius... Crime, Justice and Public Order in Old Regime France - The Senechaussees of Libourne and Bazas, 1696-1789 (Hardcover)
Julius R. Ruff
R3,920 Discovery Miles 39 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This title, first published in 1984, is a case study of crime and criminal justice in rural, southwestern France in the last century of the Old Regime. Based on extensive research in criminal court records, often the only documentary evidence of the poor and illiterate, the study is a valuable addition both to our knowledge of Old Regime society and to our understanding of its judicial institutions. Rural, Old Regime France seethed with violence. Assault, homicide, and a violence of speech occurred frequently at all levels of society. The author's finding that royal fiscal and judicial officials were recurring targets of this violence additionally contributes to our understanding of the revolutionary events ending the Old Regime. This system, providing in principle for judicial torture and corporal and capital punishments for relatively minor crimes, has long epitomized much that was wrong with pre-revolutionary France. But the law in principle is not the law in practice, and the author finds that both local and appeals courts seldom decreed such measures. This book will be of interest to students of history and criminology.

Russia's Long Twentieth Century - Voices, Memories, Contested Perspectives (Hardcover): Choi Chatterjee, Lisa A.... Russia's Long Twentieth Century - Voices, Memories, Contested Perspectives (Hardcover)
Choi Chatterjee, Lisa A. Kirschenbaum, Deborah A Field
R4,073 Discovery Miles 40 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Covering the sweep of Russian history from empire to Soviet Union to post-Soviet state, Russia's Long Twentieth Century is a comprehensive yet accessible textbook that situates modern Russia in the context of world history and encourages students to analyse the ways in which citizens learnt to live within its system and create distinctly Soviet identities from its structures and ideologies. Chronologically organised but moving beyond the traditional Cold War framework, this book covers topics such as the accelerating social, economic and political shifts in the Russian empire before the Revolution of 1905, the construction of the socialist order under Bolshevik government, and the development of a new state structure, political ideology and foreign policy in the decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The authors highlight the polemics and disagreements that energize the field, discussing interpretations from Russian, emigre, and Western historiographies and showing how scholars diverge sharply in their understanding of key events, historical processes, and personalities. Each chapter contains a selection of primary sources and discussion questions, engaging with the voices and experiences of ordinary Soviet citizens and familiarizing students with the techniques of source criticism. Illustrated with images and maps throughout, this book is an essential introduction to twentieth-century Russian history.

Populists and Patricians (Routledge Revivals) - Essays in Modern German History (Paperback): David Blackbourn Populists and Patricians (Routledge Revivals) - Essays in Modern German History (Paperback)
David Blackbourn
R1,457 Discovery Miles 14 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1987, this collection of essays, from one of the leading historians in the field, is concerned with the central debates about German history from Bismarck to Hitler. David Blackbourn questions many previously held assumptions, whether about the natural conservatism of the German peasantry of the 'feudalization' of the middle classes, and offers a new angle of approach to such subjects as liberalism, anti-semitism and the continuing importance of religion in German history. Bringing together social, economic, cultural and political history, each essay is concerned with the social and political flux that characterized the period, and with the problems and opportunities it presented. This reissue will be of great value to any students and academics with an interest in the history of modern Germany.

The Norwegian Exception? - Norway's Liberal Democracy Since 1814 (Hardcover): Mathilde Fasting, Oystein Sorensen The Norwegian Exception? - Norway's Liberal Democracy Since 1814 (Hardcover)
Mathilde Fasting, Oystein Sorensen
R596 Discovery Miles 5 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How did Norway become a highly successful liberal democracy? Will its prosperity and stability last, or has modern history been an exception? Is the Norwegian experience based on luck, or has a part been played by clever politicians and sound institutions, including a well-functioning rule of law? How does Norway combine social democracy with a market economy, and extensive foreign trade? Since the 1970s, Norway has become an oil-producing giant in Northern Europe--how can that role be reconciled with the realities of climate change, and increasing awareness of that crisis? This highly engaging book introduces Norwegian political and economic history to a broad audience, offering a deeper understanding of a country always looked upon with great interest, but perhaps not profoundly understood. The Norwegian Exception? takes the reader back through 200 years of state-building to explain Norway's current position as a top-ranking nation, and to consider its chances of keeping that status in the twenty-first century. In particular, it unpacks how Norwegian politics and governance have shaped the country's world-famous oil fund and unique relationship with the European Union. Leading historians Mathilde Fasting and Oystein Sorensen skilfully draw back the curtain on the inner workings of the Norwegian 'utopia'.

Sexuality in Medieval Europe - Doing Unto Others (Paperback, 4th edition): Ruth Mazo Karras, Katherine E. Pierpont Sexuality in Medieval Europe - Doing Unto Others (Paperback, 4th edition)
Ruth Mazo Karras, Katherine E. Pierpont
R1,077 Discovery Miles 10 770 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

• This new edition has been fully revised to include chapter summaries for students new to medieval sexuality, material from eastern Europe and the Islamic World, gender fluidity and trans identity have been added, the latest work on slavery has been included and lastly the discussion of sex work and how this was defined has been revised, all of these updates offer students additional lenses through which they can see the nuances of medieval attitudes towards sex and sexuality. • Provides a broad survey of sexuality in medieval Europe covering a wide scope, chronologically, geographically, and includes material from Christianity, Judaism and Islam allowing students to see comparisons and differences across countries and centuries. • Written in an engaging way for 2 and 3 year undergraduate and postgraduate students, it guides students through the complex topic whilst introducing the historiography and sources from the period. An all-round textbook for medieval history students.

The Secret War - Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-1945 (Paperback, Edition): Max Hastings The Secret War - Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-1945 (Paperback, Edition)
Max Hastings 1
R300 R240 Discovery Miles 2 400 Save R60 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'As gripping as any spy thriller, Hastings's achievement is especially impressive, for he has produced the best single volume yet written on the subject' Sunday Times 'Authoritative, exciting and notably well written' Daily Telegraph 'A serious work of rigourous and comprehensive history ... royally entertaining and readable' Mail on Sunday In The Secret War, Max Hastings presents a worldwide cast of characters and extraordinary sagas of intelligence and Resistance to create a new perspective on the greatest conflict in history. The book links tales of high courage ashore, at sea and in the air to the work of the brilliant 'boffins' battling the enemy's technology. Here are not only the unheralded codebreaking geniuses of Bletchley Park, but also their German counterparts who achieved their own triumphs and the fabulous espionage networks created, and so often spurned, by the Soviet Union. With its stories of high policy and human drama, the book has been acclaimed as the best history of the secret war ever written.

Postcards from the Trenches - Images from the First World War (Hardcover): Andrew Roberts Postcards from the Trenches - Images from the First World War (Hardcover)
Andrew Roberts
R280 R255 Discovery Miles 2 550 Save R25 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

World War I has come down to us in indelible images--those of airplane bombers, bleak-eyed soldiers, stern-faced commanders, and the ruins of countless villages. But soldiers themselves also took photographs on the battlefield, and many of their striking images were transformed into postcards that were sent home to family and friends or collected as war mementos. "Postcards from the Trenches" gathers a number of these postcards to create a striking visual history of World War I.
The cards in this compelling volume were created not only by soldiers, but also by embedded journalists from France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, and Britain. The images capture scenes both humorous and poignant, including soldiers having a mock party with little food to eat, wounded soldiers smiling for the camera, a makeshift trench hospital, the bloody aftermath of a battle, and a huddle of men taking what they know could be their last communion before marching onto the battlefield. Other cards document the mundane duties that dominated wartime life, including men digging trenches, troops marching to new trenches and battlefields, and or soldiers nearly comatose with boredom while waiting for the fight to begin. This stunning visual narrative opens a new window into one of the most analyzed events in history, as the postcards' images testify to the resilience and bravery of soldiers in the most trying circumstances.
A fascinating and unprecedented historical document, "Postcards from the Trenches" draws back the curtain to unflinchingly show the daily horror and humanity that define life in war.

CCEA A2-level History Student Guide: Clash of Ideologies in Europe (1900-2000) (Paperback): Henry Jefferies CCEA A2-level History Student Guide: Clash of Ideologies in Europe (1900-2000) (Paperback)
Henry Jefferies
R391 Discovery Miles 3 910 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Build, reinforce and assess students' knowledge throughout their course; tailored to the 2016 CCEA specification and brought to you by the leading History publisher, this study and revision guide combines clear content coverage with practice questions and sample answers. - Ensure understanding of the period with concise coverage of all Unit content, broken down into manageable chunks - Develop the analytical and evaluative skills that students need to succeed in A-level History - Consolidate understanding with exam tips and knowledge-check questions - Practise exam-style questions matched to the CCEA assessment requirements for every question type - Improve students' exam technique and show them how to reach the next grade with sample student answers and commentary for each exam-style question - Use flexibly in class or at home, for knowledge acquisition during the course or focused revision and exam preparation

Eight Days in May - How Germany's War Ended (Paperback): Volker Ullrich Eight Days in May - How Germany's War Ended (Paperback)
Volker Ullrich; Translated by Jefferson Chase
R265 R212 Discovery Miles 2 120 Save R53 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'Superb' David Aaronovitch, The Times 'A punchy account that is a proper page-turner' Financial Times 'The last days of the Third Reich have often been told, but seldom with the verve, perception and elegance of Volker Ullrich's rich narrative' Richard Overy, author of The Bombing War 1 May 1945. The world did not know it yet, but the final week of the Third Reich's existence had begun. Hitler was dead, but the war had still not ended. Everything had both ground to a halt and yet remained agonizingly uncertain. Volker Ullrich's remarkable book takes the reader into a world torn between hope and terror, violence and peace. Ullrich describes how each day unfolds, with Germany now under a new Fuhrer, Admiral Doenitz, based improbably in the small Baltic town of Flensburg. With Hitler dead, Berlin in ruins and the war undoubtedly lost, the process by which the fighting would end remained horrifyingly unclear. Many major Nazis were still on the loose, wild rumours continued to circulate about a last stand in the Alps and the Western allies falling out with the Soviet Union. All over Europe, millions of soldiers, prisoners, slave labourers and countless exhausted, grief-stricken and often homeless families watched and waited for the war's end. Eight Days in May is the story of people, in Erich Kastner's striking phrase, stuck in 'the gap between no longer and not yet'. 'A fast-paced, brilliant recounting of the turbulent last days of the Third Reich, with all the energy and chaos of a Jackson Pollock canvas' Helmut Walser Smith, author of Germany: A Nation in its Time

The Real Situation in Russia (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback): Leon Trotsky The Real Situation in Russia (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback)
Leon Trotsky
R1,202 Discovery Miles 12 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Real Situation in Russia, first published in 1928, contains three of Trotsky's harshest rebuttals of Stalin's takeover of the Russian Revolution following the death of Lenin. The first part contains a defence of the 'Opposition Platform' against the Stalinist denunciation; the second details Trotsky's view of the precise nature of the Stalinist program, as well as its disastrous consequences for Russia; and the third demonstrates the unashamed falsification of the history by Stalin with regard to the beginning of the Revolution. Including a sympathetic, but nonetheless astute, introduction to Trotsky's argument by the translator, The Real Situation in Russia will prove to be of value to all students of twentieth-century Marxism, and in particular to those interested in the Russian Revolution - not only its origins and early development, but also, perhaps, the reasons for its ultimate failure.

Interurban Knowledge Exchange in Southern and Eastern Europe, 1870-1950 (Paperback): Eszter Gantner, Heidi Hein-Kircher, Oliver... Interurban Knowledge Exchange in Southern and Eastern Europe, 1870-1950 (Paperback)
Eszter Gantner, Heidi Hein-Kircher, Oliver Hochadel
R1,229 Discovery Miles 12 290 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Around 1900 cities in Southern and Eastern Europe were persistently labeled "backward" and "delayed." Allegedly, they had no alternative but to follow the role model of the metropolises, of London, Paris or Vienna. This edited volume fundamentally questions this assumption. It shows that cities as diverse as Barcelona, Berdyansk, Budapest, Lviv, Milan, Moscow, Prague, Warsaw and Zagreb pursued their own agendas of modernization. In order to solve their pressing problems with respect to urban planning and public health, they searched for best practices abroad. The solutions they gleaned from other cities were eclectic to fit the specific needs of a given urban space and were thus often innovative. This applied urban knowledge was generated through interurban networks and multi-directional exchanges. Yet in the period around 1900, this transnational municipalism often clashed with the forging of urban and national identities, highlighting the tensions between the universal and the local. This interurban perspective helps to overcome nationalist perspectives in historiography as well as outdated notions of "center and periphery." This volume will appeal to scholars from a large number of disciplines, including urban historians, historians of Eastern and Southern Europe, historians of science and medicine, and scholars interested in transnational connections.

The Problem of Foreign Policy (Routledge Revivals) - A Consideration of Present Dangers and the Best Methods for Meeting Them... The Problem of Foreign Policy (Routledge Revivals) - A Consideration of Present Dangers and the Best Methods for Meeting Them (Paperback)
Gilbert Murray
R634 Discovery Miles 6 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1921, Gilbert Murray's treatise considers a largely euro-centric foreign policy during the inter-war period. Believing passionately in the prospect of a Liberal England and the hope promised by the League of Nations, with Britain at its centre, Murray argues that a secure future can only be obtained through 'equal law, good government and good faith'. Concentrating on a number of country-based studies, the main focus is on how to avoid the causes of international war; Murray supports the International Financial Commission's recommendation that this could be partly achieved through disarmament and freedom of trade. This is a fascinating title that will be of particular value to history students researching the inter-war period and the League of Nations.

Markets and Manufacture in Early Industrial Europe (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback): Maxine Berg Markets and Manufacture in Early Industrial Europe (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback)
Maxine Berg
R1,488 Discovery Miles 14 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This edited collection, first published in 1991, focuses on the commercial relations, marketing structures and development of consumption that accompanied early industrial expansion. The papers examine aspects of industrial structure and work organisation, including women's work, and highlight the conflict and compromise between work traditions and the emergence of a market culture. With an overarching introduction providing a background to European manufacturing, this title will be of particular interest to students of social and economic history researching early industrial Europe and the concurrent emergence of a material, consumer culture.

Society and Politics in Wilhelmine Germany (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover): Richard J Evans Society and Politics in Wilhelmine Germany (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
Richard J Evans
R5,101 Discovery Miles 51 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the search for the causes of the First World War and the origins of Hitler's 'Third Reich', the attention of historians has turned increasingly towards the development of German society under Kaiser Wilhelm II. These ten essays, first published in 1978, introduced interpretations of Wilhelmine Germany to an English-speaking audience and contributed towards the discussion of these interpretations that were taking place amongst German historians. This book is ideal for student of history, particularly German history.

The German Peasantry (Routledge Revivals) - Conflict and Community in Rural Society from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth... The German Peasantry (Routledge Revivals) - Conflict and Community in Rural Society from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries (Hardcover)
Richard J Evans, W.R. Lee
R5,101 Discovery Miles 51 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book, first published in 1986, surveys the history of rural society in Germany from the eighteenth century to the present day. The contributions include studies of Junker estates and small farming communities, serfs and landless labourers, maidservants and worker-peasants. They demonstrate the variety and complexity of the social division that structures the rural economy. Throughout the book there is an emphasis on the conflicts that divided rural society, and the ways and means in which these were expressed, whether in serf strikes in eighteenth-century Brandenburg, village gossip in early twentieth-century Hesse, or factional struggles over planning permission in present-day Swabia. The rural world emerges not as traditional, passive and undifferentiated , but as actively participating in its own making; not only responding to the changes going on around it, but exploiting them for its own purposes and influencing them in its own way. This book is ideal for students of history, particularly German history.

Americanized Spanish Culture - Stories and Storytellers of Dislocated Empires (Paperback): Christopher J. Castaneda, Miquel Bota Americanized Spanish Culture - Stories and Storytellers of Dislocated Empires (Paperback)
Christopher J. Castaneda, Miquel Bota
R1,126 Discovery Miles 11 260 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Innovative attention to biographies, to cartoons, and to popular media The volume effectively covers broad analytical and geographical ground over a long historical period Editors and contributors are well respected and important leaders in the field

Rereading German History (Routledge Revivals) - From Unification to Reunification 1800-1996 (Hardcover): Richard J Evans Rereading German History (Routledge Revivals) - From Unification to Reunification 1800-1996 (Hardcover)
Richard J Evans
R4,213 Discovery Miles 42 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Rereading German History, first published in 1997, Richard J. Evans draws together his seminal review essays on the political, economic, cultural and social history of Germany through war and reunification. This book provides a study of how and why historians - mainly German, American, British and French - have provided a series of differing and often conflicting readings of the German past. It also presents a reconsideration of German history in the light of the recent decline of the German Democratic Republic, collapse of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany. Rereading German History re-examines major controversies in modern German history, such as the debate over Germany's 'special path' to modernity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the discussions in the 1980s on the uniqueness or otherwise of Auschwitz. Evans also analyses the arguments over the nature of German national identity. The book offers trenchant and important analytical insights into the history of Germany in the last two centuries, and is ideal reading material for students of modern history and German studies.

Bomber Command (Paperback): Max Hastings Bomber Command (Paperback)
Max Hastings
R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Bomber Command is journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings' compelling account of one of the most controversial struggles of the Second World War.

RAF Bomber Command’s offensive against the cities of Germany was one of the epic campaigns of the Second World War. More than 56,000 British and Commonwealth aircrew and 600,000 Germans died in the course of the RAF’s attempt to win the war by bombing. The struggle began in 1939 with a few primitive Whitleys, Hampdens and Wellingtons, and ended six years later with 1,600 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitoes razing whole cities in a single night.

Max Hastings traced the developments of area bombing using a wealth of documents, letters, diaries and interviews with key surviving witnesses. Bomber Command is, in turn, a fascinating, meticulously-researched, and vivid assessment of the RAF's integral role in the Second World War.

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