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  • Poland and the Origins of the Second World War

    A Study in Diplomatic History (1938–1939)

    by Chris James, Marek Kornat, Jarosław Fazan ...
    Translated by Alex Shannon ...
    Series Book 35 - Polish Studies – Transdisciplinary Perspectives
    This monograph deals with Polish foreign policy shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. In tracing the diplomatic activity of foreign minister Józef Beck, it discusses six general problems: (1) the Polish political situation under the pressure of appeasement; (2) the project of Intermarium and efforts to implement it; (3) the action against Czechoslovakia and the conflict with the ... Read more

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  • The German Opposition to Hitler

    The Resistance, the Underground, and Assassination Plots (1938-1945)

    by Michael Thomsett ...
    Between 1933 and 1945, more than 500,000 German citizens resisted the Nazi government. Many were imprisoned for political crimes which included both active attempts to remove Hitler from office and passive attempts to oppose the Nazi regime. Resistance was found among university students, churches and even in the German military.This fascinating and compelling history of the German resistance ... Read more

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  • Nazi Germany: History in an Hour

    by Rupert Colley ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Having suffered during World War One – not only the indignities of political betrayal and battlefield defeat but also starvation, fuel shortages and a domestic flu epidemic – the German people were left in widespread discontent. Soon inflation and economic stagnation had further sunk the nation into exhaustion, humiliation and disillusionment ... Read more

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  • Savage Continent

    Europe in the Aftermath of World War II

    by Keith Lowe ...
    **Winner of the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize"A superb and immensely important book."—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington PostThe Second World War might have officially ended in May 1945, but in reality it rumbled on for another ten years...**The end of World War II in Europe is remembered as a time when cheering crowds filled the streets, but the reality was quite different. Across Europe, landscapes ... Read more

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  • In the Name of Humanity

    The Secret Deal to End the Holocaust

    by Max Wallace ...
    Shortlisted for the 2018 RBC Taylor prize for literary nonfiction“A riveting tale of the previously unknown and fascinating story of the unsung angels who strove to foil the Final Solution.”—Kirkus starred reviewOn November 25, 1944, prisoners at Auschwitz heard a deafening explosion. Emerging from their barracks, they witnessed the crematoria and gas chambers--part of the largest killing machine ... Read more

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  • The Story of the SS

    Hitler's Infamous Legions of Death

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    'The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love - only for their fear.'- Heinrich HimmlerThe Schutzstaffel, or SS - the brutal elite of the Nazi Party - was founded by Hitler in 1925 to be his personal bodyguard. From 1929 it was headed by Heinrich Himmler, who built its numbers up from under 300 to well over a million ... Read more

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  • Stalin

    Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941

    by Stephen Kotkin ...
    **“Monumental.” —The New York Times Book ReviewPulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin has written the definitive biography of Joseph Stalin, from collectivization and the Great Terror to the conflict with Hitler's Germany that is the signal event of modern world history**In 1929, Joseph Stalin, having already achieved dictatorial power over the vast Soviet Empire, formally ordered the systematic ... Read more

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  • Fateful Choices

    Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940-1941

    by Ian Kershaw ...
    The newest immensely original undertaking from the historian who gave us the defining two-volume portrait of Hitler, Fateful Choices puts Ian Kershaw's analytical and storytelling gifts on dazzling display. From May 1940 to December 1941, the leaders of the world's six major powers made a series of related decisions that determined the final outcome of World War II and shaped the course of human ... Read more

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  • The Story of the SS

    Hitler’s Infamous Legions of Death

    by Al Cimino ...
    'The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love - only for their fear.' -HEINRICH HIMMLER The Schutzstaffel, or SS - the brutal elite of the Nazi Party - was founded by Hitler in 1925 to be his personal bodyguard. From 1929 it was headed by Heinrich Himmler, who built its numbers up from under 300 to well over a ... Read more

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  • The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933–1939

    by Frank McDonough ...
    From historian Frank McDonough, the first volume of a new chronicle of the Third Reich under Hitler's hand.On January 30th, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed the German Chancellor of a coalition government by President Hindenburg. Within a few months he had installed a dictatorship, jailing and killing his leftwing opponents, terrorizing the rest of the population and driving Jews out of public ... Read more

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  • Hitler's Charisma

    Leading Millions into the Abyss

    by Laurence Rees ...
    Fuelled by hate, incapable of forming normal human relationships, unwilling to listen to dissenting voices, Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader, and yet he commanded enormous support and was able to exert a powerful influence over those who encountered him. How did Hitler become such an attractive figure to millions of people? That is the question at the core of Hitler’s Charisma.Acclaimed ... Read more

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  • The SS

    A History 1919-45

    by Robert Lewis Koehl ...
    The SS grew out of Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler's obsession to prevent the treachery they believed to have caused the German defeat in the First World War. The SS was to be an elite corps of politically aware soldiers whose primary aim was to prevent the undermining of the Nazi Party by rendering its potential enemies harmless.This disturbing story reveals not only the inner workings of the ... Read more

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