Author: Andrew Wiest
Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
ISBN: 1782742018
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 563
Book Description
With the aid of more than 250 photographs and artworks, The Illustrated History of World War I recreates the battles and campaigns that raged across the surface of the globe, on land, at sea and in the air, including maps of specific actions and campaigns and feature boxes explaining important events and personalities involved in the conflict.
The Illustrated History of World War I
Author: Andrew Wiest
Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
ISBN: 1782742018
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 563
Book Description
With the aid of more than 250 photographs and artworks, The Illustrated History of World War I recreates the battles and campaigns that raged across the surface of the globe, on land, at sea and in the air, including maps of specific actions and campaigns and feature boxes explaining important events and personalities involved in the conflict.
Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
ISBN: 1782742018
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 563
Book Description
With the aid of more than 250 photographs and artworks, The Illustrated History of World War I recreates the battles and campaigns that raged across the surface of the globe, on land, at sea and in the air, including maps of specific actions and campaigns and feature boxes explaining important events and personalities involved in the conflict.
The Oxford Illustrated History of World War Two
Author: Richard Overy
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191045381
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
World War Two was the most devastating conflict in recorded human history. It was both global in extent and total in character. It has understandably left a long and dark shadow across the decades. Yet it is three generations since hostilities formally ended in 1945 and the conflict is now a lived memory for only a few. And this growing distance in time has allowed historians to think differently about how to describe it, how to explain its course, and what subjects to focus on when considering the wartime experience. For instance, as World War Two recedes ever further into the past, even a question as apparently basic as when it began and ended becomes less certain. Was it 1939, when the war in Europe began? Or the summer of 1941, with the beginning of Hitler's war against the Soviet Union? Or did it become truly global only when the Japanese brought the USA into the war at the end of 1941? And what of the long conflict in East Asia, beginning with the Japanese aggression in China in the early 1930s and only ending with the triumph of the Chinese Communists in 1949? In The Oxford Illustrated History of World War Two a team of leading historians re-assesses the conflict for a new generation, exploring the course of the war not just in terms of the Allied response but also from the viewpoint of the Axis aggressor states. Under Richard Overy's expert editorial guidance, the contributions take us from the genesis of war, through the action in the major theatres of conflict by land, sea, and air, to assessments of fighting power and military and technical innovation, the economics of total war, the culture and propaganda of war, and the experience of war (and genocide) for both combatants and civilians, concluding with an account of the transition from World War to Cold War in the late 1940s. Together, they provide a stimulating and thought-provoking new interpretation of one of the most terrible and fascinating episodes in world history.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191045381
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
World War Two was the most devastating conflict in recorded human history. It was both global in extent and total in character. It has understandably left a long and dark shadow across the decades. Yet it is three generations since hostilities formally ended in 1945 and the conflict is now a lived memory for only a few. And this growing distance in time has allowed historians to think differently about how to describe it, how to explain its course, and what subjects to focus on when considering the wartime experience. For instance, as World War Two recedes ever further into the past, even a question as apparently basic as when it began and ended becomes less certain. Was it 1939, when the war in Europe began? Or the summer of 1941, with the beginning of Hitler's war against the Soviet Union? Or did it become truly global only when the Japanese brought the USA into the war at the end of 1941? And what of the long conflict in East Asia, beginning with the Japanese aggression in China in the early 1930s and only ending with the triumph of the Chinese Communists in 1949? In The Oxford Illustrated History of World War Two a team of leading historians re-assesses the conflict for a new generation, exploring the course of the war not just in terms of the Allied response but also from the viewpoint of the Axis aggressor states. Under Richard Overy's expert editorial guidance, the contributions take us from the genesis of war, through the action in the major theatres of conflict by land, sea, and air, to assessments of fighting power and military and technical innovation, the economics of total war, the culture and propaganda of war, and the experience of war (and genocide) for both combatants and civilians, concluding with an account of the transition from World War to Cold War in the late 1940s. Together, they provide a stimulating and thought-provoking new interpretation of one of the most terrible and fascinating episodes in world history.
An Illustrated History of the First World War
Author: John Keegan
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 037541259X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Illustrates life on the home front, important battles, war from the perspective of generals and soldiers, the collapse of empires, and glimpses of World War II through photographs, paintings, cartoons, and posters.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 037541259X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Illustrates life on the home front, important battles, war from the perspective of generals and soldiers, the collapse of empires, and glimpses of World War II through photographs, paintings, cartoons, and posters.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War
Author: Hew Strachan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198743122
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Originally published: 1998. New edition published in hardcover in 2014.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198743122
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Originally published: 1998. New edition published in hardcover in 2014.
World War I, Complete Illustrated History Of
Author: Ian Westwell
Publisher: Lorenz Books
ISBN: 9780754834830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A fascinating and detailed chronological study of the war, including the decisive encounters, profiles of important political and military figures, as well as the experiences of those who lived through it.
Publisher: Lorenz Books
ISBN: 9780754834830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A fascinating and detailed chronological study of the war, including the decisive encounters, profiles of important political and military figures, as well as the experiences of those who lived through it.
The Complete Illustrated History Of World War II
Author: Donald Sommerville
Publisher: Lorenz Books
ISBN: 9780754818984
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A readable history of the war, this text features expert commentary on the political and economic factors leading to the conflict, the key turning points during the war and the impact new technologies had on the fighting. Full colour maps and battle plans add to the analysis of major engagements.
Publisher: Lorenz Books
ISBN: 9780754818984
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A readable history of the war, this text features expert commentary on the political and economic factors leading to the conflict, the key turning points during the war and the impact new technologies had on the fighting. Full colour maps and battle plans add to the analysis of major engagements.
The Illustrated History of World War II
Author: Owen Booth
Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
ISBN: 1782741712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 635
Book Description
With the aid of 300 photographs, The Illustrated History of World War II tells the full story of the war and the individuals who led it. In addition, the book examines life beyond the frontline: the Holocaust, living under occupation, refugees, the Blitz and evacuations, the changing role for women, and food.
Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
ISBN: 1782741712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 635
Book Description
With the aid of 300 photographs, The Illustrated History of World War II tells the full story of the war and the individuals who led it. In addition, the book examines life beyond the frontline: the Holocaust, living under occupation, refugees, the Blitz and evacuations, the changing role for women, and food.
World War I Illustrated Atlas
Author: Professor Michael S Neiberg
Publisher: Amber Books
ISBN: 9781838863548
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
WWI was a complex conflict: an air war, a land war fought in the Balkans, NW Europe, Italy, Africa, Turkey and the Middle East, and a naval war in the North Sea, South Atlantic, South Pacific and Indian Oceans. Including over 180 detailed maps, World War I Illustrated Atlas is an invaluable reference guide to this global war.
Publisher: Amber Books
ISBN: 9781838863548
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
WWI was a complex conflict: an air war, a land war fought in the Balkans, NW Europe, Italy, Africa, Turkey and the Middle East, and a naval war in the North Sea, South Atlantic, South Pacific and Indian Oceans. Including over 180 detailed maps, World War I Illustrated Atlas is an invaluable reference guide to this global war.
The Second World War
Author: A. J. P. Taylor
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
ISBN: 9780140041354
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Provides an overview of World War II from the invasion of Poland to V-J day, and covers major campaigns and battles.
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
ISBN: 9780140041354
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Provides an overview of World War II from the invasion of Poland to V-J day, and covers major campaigns and battles.
The First World War
Author: A J P Taylor
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141042230
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
A. J. P. Taylor was one of the most acclaimed and uncompromising historians of the twentieth century. In this clear, lively and now-classic account of the First World War, he tells the story of the conflict from the German advance in the West, through the Marne, Gallipoli, the Balkans and the War at Sea to the offensives of 1918 and the state of Europe after the war. Containing photographs and maps, this an essential history of the war that 'cut deep into the consciousness of modern man'.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141042230
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
A. J. P. Taylor was one of the most acclaimed and uncompromising historians of the twentieth century. In this clear, lively and now-classic account of the First World War, he tells the story of the conflict from the German advance in the West, through the Marne, Gallipoli, the Balkans and the War at Sea to the offensives of 1918 and the state of Europe after the war. Containing photographs and maps, this an essential history of the war that 'cut deep into the consciousness of modern man'.