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Vivian Bullwinkel has put on a brave face to the world for the past 52 years, ever since she was released from a Japanese prison ...
As the fate of the world is decided, so too is that of the British, Dutch and French empires.
In India a generation committed to ...
The compulsively readable new book from The Rest is Classified host Gordon Corera. About how one man - Vasili Mitrokhin - turned first disaffected dissident and then ...
'We were to go through and take on targets of opportunity, to shoot up anything we could. Never at any stage can I remember any ...
A remarkable account of the terrible climax of the Second World War in Asia, published to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing ...
'Riveting' - The New York Times
THE LITTLE-KNOWN STORY OF THE ALLIES' FIGHT IN WWII'S CHAOTIC AND LETHAL CHINA BURMA-INDIA THEATER.
In April 1942, the ...
A mistake is an error of judgement, a blunder is a mistake caused by carelessness or ignorance, implying incompetence. Blunders are not always the result ...
A tale of great enterprise and great fortitude, and of wonderful female solidarity and nobility of spirit, in the bleakest of circumstances.
For decades after ...
Celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE Day, bestselling historians James Holland and Al Murray tell the unflinching story of the eight surrenders that brought victory ...
'The messy, dirty, bloody reality of Operation Overlord comes alive in Sword, Hastings's portrait of the individual soldiers who risked their lives on the ...
A fascinating re-examination of the battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval encounter in history and probably the most decisive naval battle of the entire ...
A bold revisionist history exploring the impact of WW1 on the mindsets and strategic decisions of WW2's most important leaders
In THE STRATEGISTS, Professor ...
At 8:15 a.m. on August 6th, 1945, the Japanese port city of Hiroshima was struck by the world's first atomic bomb. Built ...
Des Powell left school with no qualifications and little in the way of formal education. At nineteen he signed up to join the Parachute Regiment ...
How myth creates meaning for a nation, through a close reading of Gallipoli and Australian Identity
In Nation, Memory, Myth, Steve Vizard brings an original ...
