The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of Europe
7 best books like The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of Europe (William I. Hitchcock): Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II, A People's History of the World, Midway: the Battle That Doomed Japan, Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership, Auschwitz: A History, Samurai!, Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles As Seen Through Japanese Eyes
Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II
| Author | Robert Matzen |
| ISBN | 1732273537 |
Twenty-five years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known as much for her role as UNICEF ambassador as for films like Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Several biographies have chronicled her stardom, but none has covered her intense experiences...
A People's History of the World
Chris Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Interacting with the forces of technological change as well as the impact of powerful individuals and revolutionary ideas, these...
| Author | Mitsuo Fuchida |
| ISBN | 0345346912 |
The great air and sea battle of World War II,
as seen through Japanese eyes . . .
For the Japanese, confident over the easy victory at Pearl Harbor, the Midway operation had one objective; to draw out the U.S. Navy and destroy it. Thus, on June 4, 1942, Admiral Yamamoto launched his attack on...
| Author | Barry S. Strauss |
| ISBN | 1439164487 |
In Masters of Command, Barry Strauss compares the way the three greatest generals of the ancient world—Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar—waged war and draws lessons from their experiences that apply on and off the battlefield. Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar—each was a master of war. Each had...
| Author | Sybille Steinbacher |
| ISBN | 0060825820 |
At the terrible heart of the modern age lies Auschwitz, a name that has become synonymous with evil. Here the utopian twentieth-century dream of employing science and technology to improve and protect human life was inverted from the latter part of the 1930s through the end of the Second World War, as...
There's a lot of air battles in this. And not much of anything else. I liked Saburo's honesty. There's a story where he and an allied pilot are locked in an exhausting dogfight. Eventually Saburo gets a couple of shots at the cockpit, glass shatters! He pulls up alongside and the badly wounded allied pilot...
Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles As Seen Through Japanese Eyes
| Author | Tameichi Hara |
| ISBN | 1591143543 |
The Naval Institute Press is pleased to make available for the first time this cloth edition of a now-classic war memoir that was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s. Originally published as a paperback in 1961, it has long been treasured by World War II buffs and professional...
