Första världskriget

This is Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf which he dictated while in prison. It is a reprint of an original German language Mein Kampf published in 1943. It includes both Mein Kampf volumes written in 1924 and 1926. This edition is in GERMAN just as ...

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Had there been no Great War, there would have been no Hobbit, no Lord of the Rings, no Narnia, and perhaps no conversion to Christianity by C. S. Lewis. The First World War laid waste to a continent and brought about the end of innocenceand the en...

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Adolf Hitler's original work in his original German language. This is a faithful reproduction of the German printing of Mein Kampf from 1943 including the cover artwork which was purchased by millions of Germans before the end of World War II. Thi...

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Previously published as Peacemakers Between January and July 1919, after the war to end all wars, men and women from all over the world converged on Paris for the Peace Conference. At its heart were the leaders of the three great powers - Woodrow ...

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»En välskriven och lättläst bok i behändigt format. Smedberg är väl meriterad i sammanhanget Han ger en kunnig översikt samtidigt som han låter ögonvittnen komma till tals.« Upsala Nya Tidning »Ett välskrivet, objektivt och faktaspäckat standardve...

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From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him. The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstak...

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*FULLY UPDATED WITH A NEW FOREWORD* THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BRITISH ARMY MILITARY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 'Truly essential' Simon Sebag Montefiore The final destruction of the Ottoman Empire - one of the great epi...

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A fascinating, beautifully illustrated study of the daring war in East Africa waged by German colonial forces under Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck against the wide array of colonial and expeditionary forces of the Allied Powers. The East African Campaign...

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With 2014 marking the one-hundredth anniversary of the commencement of World War I, En Guerre offers a fresh, thought-provoking exploration of the impact of the Great War as viewed through the lens of French graphic illustration of the period. Pub...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the...

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Nicholas Murray's The Rocky Road to the Great War examines the evolution of field fortification theory and practice between 1877 and 1914. During this period field fortifications became increasingly important, and their construction evolved from p...

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The definitive biography of one of the twentieth century's finest poets, Siegfried Sassoon combines material from The Making of a War Poet and The Journey from the Trenches, the two bestselling volumes on Sassoon from his biographer and forem...

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Becoming Hitler strips away the layers of self-serving myth in Hitler's own account to reveal for the first time the true story of how Adolf Hitler became a Nazi, tracing his rise from awkward, unemployed loner to evil political genius.

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"A beguiling tale of espionage and double-dealing in the years leading up to World War II. ... Strap in for a narrative that demands a suspension of disbeliefand richly rewards it." Kirkus Reviews (starred review); Best Books of February...

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In late 1917, the Russians, despite the revolution, were still willing to continue the war against Germany. This is an account of Operation Albion, the highly-successful seaborne operation launched by the Germans to change their minds. The Baltic ...

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Pre-order the authoritative, illuminating biography of T. E. Lawrence - the man who inspired the iconic film Lawrence of Arabia - from "The World's Greatest Living Explorer" Ranulph Fiennes.

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After the outbreak of the Great War, boys as young as twelve were caught up in a national wave of patriotism and, in huge numbers, volunteered to serve their country. The press, recruiting offices and the Government all contributed to the enlistme...

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The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography: I have a pretty thorough knowledge of history, but never, to my recollection, has it produced such madness in such gigantic proportions. He was referring to Germany in 1923, a y...

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In this absorbing and epic account of the First World War, Meyer brilliantly tells how empires were shattered, nearly 20 million lives lost, and how the later calamities of the 20th century took root.

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This book presents an introduction to one of the most important treaties ever written, the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended World War I in 1919. Controversial from the very beginning, the treaty still shapes the destinies of societies an...

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Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of T.E. Lawrence - also known as 'Lawrence of Arabia' - of his service in the Arab Revolt during the First World War, published in Penguin Modern Classics. Although 'continuall...

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Efter inbördeskriget i Finland våren 1918 förlades omkring 10 000 röda fångar i de tidigare ryska kasernerna utanför Ekenäs. På bara ett par månader avled mer än 3 000 av dem, finländska män i sin bästa ålder. Fånglägertragedin resulterade i Finla...

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"Det är en välskriven, faktafylld bok, som fått en omsorgsfull svensk språkdräkt." BTJ Efterlängtad nyutgåva av bästsäljare om första världskriget Julnatten 1914. Första världskriget har pågått i några månader och redan skördat tiotusent...

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From an internationally acclaimed expert in the field comes a detailed, analytical and comprehensive account of the worldwide evolution of tanks, from their inception a century ago to the present day. With new ideas stemming from the latest academ...

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Det är välskrivet, det är vackert, och det är oändligt sorgligt. Peter Englund är inte bara en kunnig historiker, han är också en ytterst kapabel berättare som skapar stämning med några f&ar...

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Friedrich Reck might seem an unlikely rebel against Nazism. Not just a conservative but a rock-ribbed reactionary, he played the part of a landed gentleman, deplored democracy, and rejected the modern world outright. To Reck the Nazis were ruthles...

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The First World War killed around eight million men and bled Europe dry. In this provocative book Niall Ferguson asks: was the sacrifice worth it? Was it all really an inevitable cataclysm and were the Germans a genuine threat? Was the war, as is ...

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In this revised version of a ground-breaking global history of women and the First World War, Susan Grayzel shows the multiple ways in which women faced the enormous challenges the war presented, both the losses as well as the opportunities that t...

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A Higher Form of Killing opens with the first devastating battlefield use of lethal gas in World War I, and then investigates the stockpiling of biological weapons during World War II and in the decades afterward as well as the inhuman experiments...

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