This is the ultimate history of the Blitz and bombing in the Second World War, from Wolfson Prize-winning historian and author Richard Overy. The use of massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize civilians was an aspect of the Second World War which continues to challenge the idea that Allies specifically fought a 'moral' war. For Britain, bombing became perhaps its princi...(展开全部)

艾伦•弗朗西斯•布鲁克（Alan Francis Brooke，1883-1963），英国陆军元帅、大英帝国总参谋长，他主导了二战时期英国的绝大多数重大战争决策，出席了战时同盟国召开的一系列重要国际会议，对赢得战争胜利做出了重大贡献。

From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II and its deeply personal consequences. World War II involved tens of millions of soldiers and cost sixty million lives—an average of twenty-seven thousand a day. For thirty-five years, Max Hastings has researched and written about different aspects of the ...(展开全部)

A major new history of the Third Reich that explores the German psyche to explain why the nation continued to support a war they knew could not be won As early as 1941, Allied victory in World War II seemed all but assured. How and why, then, did the Germans prolong the barbaric conflict for three and a half more years? In The German War, acclaimed historian Nicholas Stargardt ...(展开全部)

A gripping work of narrative nonfiction recounting the history of the Dresden Bombing, one of the most devastating attacks of World War II. On February 13th, 1945 at 10:03 PM, British bombers began one of the most devastating attacks of WWII: the bombing of Dresden. The first contingent killed people and destroyed buildings, roads, and other structures. The second rained down f...(展开全部)

Already celebrated as the most important war diaries yet to appear, Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke's War Diaries 1939-1945, edited by Alex Danchev and Dan Todman, are full of fascinating and controversial stuff. But Alanbrooke's style should not be confused with that of Alan Clark: he does not set out to be controversial for controversy's own sake and there is little gossip or s...(展开全部)

Alanbrooke was CIGS - Chief of the Imperial General Staff - for the greater part of the Second World War. He acted as mentor to Montgomery and military adviser to Churchill, with whom he clashed. As chairman of the Chiefs of Staff committee he also led for the British side in the bargaining and the brokering of the Grand Alliance, notably during the great conferences with Roos...(展开全部)

A powerful, groundbreaking narrative of the ordinary Russian soldier’s experience of the worst war in history, based on newly revealed sources Of the thirty million who fought, eight million died, driven forward in suicidal charges, shattered by German shells and tanks. They were the men and women of the Red Army, a ragtag mass of soldiers who confronted Europe’s most letha...(展开全部)

Of the thirty million who fought in the eastern front of World War II, eight million died, driven forward in suicidal charges, shattered by German shells and tanks. They were the men and women of the Red Army, a ragtag mass of soldiers who confronted Europe's most lethal fighting force and by 1945 had defeated it. Sixty years have passed since their epic triumph, but the heart ...(展开全部)

【编辑推荐】 一部关于战略轰炸的真实历史，英国《每日电讯报》《新政治家》年度图书，曾入围坎迪尔历史奖。 【媒体推荐】 这部大作如今必定被视为关于轰炸战的权威著作……这可能是21世纪出版的关于第二次世界大战的最重要的一本书。 ——《卫报》 这是我心中的年度最佳书籍……研究的深度和广度令人难以置信……清醒而现实地评估了(轰炸)对交战国和受难平民的影响。很难想象有比这更透彻的叙述了：一部杰作。 ——理查德·J.埃文斯，《新政治家》 一段非凡而影响深远的历史……第一次完整叙述了发生在欧洲的轰炸战。奥弗里研究的范围十分广泛，同时又进行了深入充分的挖掘，这本书的可读性也很高。 ——《旁观者》 这是一部扎实、清晰、一丝不苟的军事史著作……这本书值得一读。 ——丹·琼斯，《每日电讯报》 【内容简介】 大规模轰炸改变了战争的面貌，位于后方的民众也不再安全，死神将随时从...(展开全部)