A blistering account of Ireland's neutrality in World War II, an episode which still scars Irish thought and politics today. Brian Girvin has written a fresh and original history of Ireland between … [Read more...] about The Emergency by Brian Girvin
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Righteous Gentile by John Bierman
This is the story of Raoul Wallenberg. The book discusses the life and mysterious disappearance of the Swedish diplomat, Wallenberg, He is credited with saving the lives of Hungarian Jews during … [Read more...] about Righteous Gentile by John Bierman
Eight Days at Yalta by Diana Preston
In the last winter of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin arrived in the Crimean resort of Yalta. Over eight days of bargaining, bombast and intermittent … [Read more...] about Eight Days at Yalta by Diana Preston
The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean
THE GUNS OF NAVARONE published by Collins of London in 1957 and printed in Great Britain by Collins . A classic thriller novel of the era and the second adventure novel by Alistair MacLean. The … [Read more...] about The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean
Nemesis by Max Hastings
Featuring the most remarkable cast of commanders the world has ever seen, the dramatic battle for Japan of 1944-45. The battles were acted out across the vast stage of Asia: Imphal and Kohima, … [Read more...] about Nemesis by Max Hastings
The Battle for Spain by Antony Beevor
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War's outbreak, Antony Beevor has written a completely updated and revised account of one of the most bitter and hard-fought wars of the twentieth … [Read more...] about The Battle for Spain by Antony Beevor
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work … [Read more...] about The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The Second World War by Antony Beevor
Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier historians of WWII. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the … [Read more...] about The Second World War by Antony Beevor
The Third Reich at War Edited by Michael Veranov
The Third Reich at War lays bare the dynamics of a nation more deeply immersed in war than any society before or since. Fresh insights into the conflict's great events are here, from the invasion … [Read more...] about The Third Reich at War Edited by Michael Veranov
Germany Calling by Mary Kenny
A biography of William Joyce, the Irishman who became known as Lord Haw Haw for his Third Reich propaganda broadcasts. Mary Kenny has written an absorbingly elegant study. … [Read more...] about Germany Calling by Mary Kenny