100 years since the Russian Revolution: the 20th century`s greatest Russian writers respond ` This is the last of you, old world
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Produced in association with Imperial War Museums, 1918: How the First World War Was Won gives a detailed account of the final year of the war. It examines each battle in turn, from the German Spring Offensives on the Western Front, through the Battle of Amiens that heralded the start of the Hundred Days campaign, to the Battle of Megiddo at the start of the final British-led offensive. Major General Julian Thompson`s authoritative text is illustrated with contemporary photographs & full-colour maps. It tells the story of the US entry in to the war, the tactical command of Allied Supreme Commander Ferdinand Foch, & the final push that gave the Allies total victory. ...

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In this masterly new work, acclaimed historian Giles Mac Donogh explores the moment when Hitler gambled everything. Until 1938, Hitler could be dismissed as a ruthless but efficient dictator, a problem to Germany alone; after 1938 he was clearly a threat to the entire world. In that year The Third Reich came of age & the Fuhrer showed his hand
- bringing Germany into line with Nazi ideology & revealing long-held plans to take back those parts of Europe lost to ` Greater Germany` after the First World War. The sequence of events began in January with the purging of the army, & escalated with the merger with Austria
- the Anschluss, & the first persecutions of Viennese Jewry. In the following months Hitler moulded the nation to his will. Elections brought him a 99 per cent approval rating. Mac Donogh gives a full account of the nationalist opposition that failed to topple Hitler in September 1938. By the end of the year the brutal reality of the Nazi regime was revealed by Joseph Goebbels in Kristallnacht, a nationwide assault on Germany`s native Jewish population. Mac Donogh`s access to many new sources gives insights into what life was like under the eye of the regime, revealing the role of the Anglican Church after the Anschluss, saving those Jews who were willing to convert, & also the Kendrick Affair
- the still-secret details of the Austrian double agent who brought down the whole MI6 operation in Austria & Germany, just as the Chamberlain government began negotiations with Hitler at Munich. A remarkable & revealing account of Hitler`s opening moves to war.


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The Season of 1939 brought all those `in Society` to London. The young debutante daughters of the upper classes were presented to the King & Queen to mark their acceptance into the new adult world of their parents. They sparkled their way through a succession of balls & parties & sporting events. The Season brought together influential people not only from Society but also from Government at the various events of the social calendar. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain chaperoned his debutante niece to weekend house parties; Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, lunched with the Headmaster of Eton; Cabinet Ministers encountered foreign Ambassadors at balls in the houses of the great hostesses. As the hot summer drew on, the newspapers filled with ever more ominous reports of the relentless progress towards war. There was nothing to do but wait
- & dance. The last season of peace was nearly over.
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In 1941: Fighting the Shadow War, Marc Wortman thrillingly explores the little-known history of America`s clandestine involvement in World War II before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Prior to that infamous day, America had long been involved in a shadow war. Winston Churchill, England`s beleaguered new Prime Minister, pleaded with Franklin D. Roosevelt for help. President Roosevelt concocted ingenious ways to come to his aid, without breaking the Neutrality Acts. Conducting espionage at home & in South America to root out Nazi sympathizers, & waging undeclared war in the Atlantic, were just some of the tactics with which America battled Hitler in the shadows. President Roosevelt also had to contend with growing isolationism & anti-Semitism as he tried to influence public opinion. While Americans were sympathetic to those being crushed under Axis power, they were unwilling to enter a foreign war. Wortman tells the story through the eyes of the powerful as well as ordinary citizens. Their stories weave throughout the intricate tapestry of events that unfold during the crucial year of 1941. Combining military & political history, Wortman tells the eye-opening story of America`s journey to war. ...

With the end of the Second World War, a new world was born. The peace agreements that brought the conflict to an end implemented decisions that not only shaped the second half of the twentieth century, but continue to affect our world today & impact on its future. In 1946 the Cold War began, the state of Israel was conceived, the independence of India was all but confirmed & Chinese Communists gained a decisive upper hand in their fight for power. It was a pivotal year in modern history in which countries were reborn & created, national & ideological boundaries were redrawn & people across the globe began to rebuild their lives. In this remarkable history, the foreign correspondent & historian Victor Sebestyen draws on contemporary documents from around the world
- including Stalin`s personal notes from the Potsdam peace conference
- to examine what lay behind the political decision-making. Sebestyen uses a vast array of archival material & personal testimonies to explore how the lives of generations of people across continents were shaped by the events of 1946. Taking readers from Berlin to London, from Paris to Moscow, from Washington to Jerusalem & from Delhi to Shanghai, this is a vivid & wide-ranging account of both powerbrokers & ordinary men & women from an acclaimed author.

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Somewhere on the timeline, the war ends, while somewhere else, a new age begins
- the one we call now. The shift does not happen
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