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Victory in Europe : D-day to V-E day / by Hastings, Max.cn; Stevens, George Cooper,1904-dn;

Bibliography: p. 188.

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945;

© c1985., Little, Brown,

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Inferno : the world at war, 1939-1945 / by Hastings, Max.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 691-699) and index.Poland betrayed -- No peace, little war -- Blitzkriegs in the west -- Britain alone -- The Mediterranean -- Barbarossa -- Moscow saved, Leningrad starved -- America embattled -- Japan's season of triumph -- Swings of fortune -- The British at sea -- The furnace: Russia in 1942 -- Living with war -- Out of Africa -- The bear turns: Russia in 1943 -- Divided empires -- Asian fronts -- Italy: high hopes, sour fruits -- War in the sky -- Victims -- Europe becomes a battlefield -- Japan: defying fate -- Germany besieged -- The fall of the Third Reich -- Japan prostrate -- Victors and vanquished.A monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II, and its deeply personal consequences. Hastings simultaneously traces the major developments and puts them into real human context. He also explores some of the darker and less explored regions of the war's penumbra, including the conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland; and the Bengal famine in 1943 and 1944.

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945.;

© 2011., Alfred A. Knopf,

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Armageddon : the battle for Germany, 1944-1945 / by Hastings, Max.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Time of hope -- The bridges to Arnhem -- The frontiers of Germany -- The Russians at the Vistula -- Winter quarters -- Germany besieged -- Hell in the Hürtgen -- The Bulge : an American epic -- Stalin's offensive -- Blood and ice : East Prussia -- Firestorms : war in the sky -- Marching on the Rhine -- Prisoners of the Reich -- Collapse in the west -- "The earth will shake as we leave the scene" -- The bitter end.This is the story of the last eight months of World War II in Europe. In September 1944, the Allies expected that the war would be over by Christmas. But the disastrous Allied landing in Holland, American setbacks on the German border, together with the bitter Battle of the Bulge, drastically altered that timetable. Hastings tells the story of both the Eastern and Western Fronts, and paints a portrait of the Red Army's onslaught on Hitler's empire. He raises provocative questions: Were the Western Allied cause and campaign compromised by a desire to get the Soviets to do most of the fighting? Why were the Russians and Germans more effective soldiers than the Americans and British? Why did the bombing of Germany's cities continue until the last weeks of the war, when it could no longer influence the outcome? --From publisher description.

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945;

© 2005., Vintage Books,

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Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45 / by Hastings, Max.; Hastings, Max.Nemesis.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-586) and index.Dilemmas and decisions -- Japan: defying gravity -- The British in Burma -- Titans at sea -- America's return to the Philippines -- "Flowers of death" : Leyte Gulf -- Ashore: battle for the mountains -- China: dragon by the tail -- MacArthur on Luzon -- Bloody miniature: Iwo Jima -- Blockade: war underwater -- Burning a nation: Lemay -- The road past Mandalay -- Australians: "Bludging" and "Mopping up" -- Captivity and slavery -- Okinawa -- Mao's war -- Eclipse of empires -- The bombs -- Fantasy in Tokyo -- Reality at Hiroshima -- Manchuria: the Bear's claws -- The last act -- Legacies.Max Hastings provides in this book a chronicle of the horrific final year of the Pacific war. By the summer of 1944 it was clear that Japan's defeat was inevitable, but how the victory would be achieved remained to be seen. Hastings gives us incisive portraits of the key figures--MacArthur, Nimitz, Mountbatten, Chiang Kai-shek, Mao, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. But he is equally adept in his portrayals of the ordinary soldiers and sailors--American, British, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese--caught in some of the war's bloodiest campaigns. Hastings discusses Japan's war against China--now all but forgotten in the West, MacArthur's follies in the Philippines, the Marines at Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and the Soviet blitzkrieg in Manchuria. He analyzes the decision-making process that led to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki--which, he convincingly argues, ultimately saved lives. Finally, he delves into the Japanese wartime mind-set, which caused an otherwise civilized society to carry out atrocities that haunt the nation to this day.--From publisher description.

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;

© 2008., Alfred A. Knopf,

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Catastrophe 1914 : Europe goes to war / by Hastings, Max.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-603) and index."From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: from the breakdown of diplomacy to the dramatic battles that occurred before the war bogged down in the trenches. World War I immediately evokes images of the trenches: grinding, halting battles that sacrificed millions of lives for no territory or visible gain. Yet the first months of the war, from the German invasion of Belgium to the Marne to Ypres, were utterly different, full of advances and retreats, tactical maneuvering, and significant gains and losses. In Catastrophe 1914, Max Hastings re-creates this dramatic year, from the diplomatic crisis to the fighting in Belgium and France on the Western front, and Serbia and Galicia to the east. He gives vivid accounts of the battles and frank assessments of generals and political leaders, and shows why it was inevitable that this first war among modern industrial nations could not produce a decisive victory, making a war of attrition inevitable. Throughout we encounter high officials and average soldiers, as well as civilians on the homefront, giving us a vivid portrait of how a continent became embroiled in a war that would change everything"--1914 chronology -- The organisation of armies in 1914 -- Prologue : Sarajevo -- 'A feeling that events are in the air': Change and decay ; Battle plans -- The descent to war: The Austrians threaten ; The Russians react ; The Germans march ; The British decide -- 'The superb spectacle of the world bursting into flames': Migrations ; Passions ; Departures -- Disaster on the Drina -- Death with flags and trumpets: The execution of Plan XVII ; 'German beastliness' ; Lanrezac encounters Schlieffen -- The British fight: Mons ; Le Cateau, 'Where the fun comes in, I don't know' -- The retreat -- Tannenberg : 'Alas, how many thousands lie there bleeding!' -- The hour of Joffre: Paris at bay ; Sir John despairs ; Seeds of hope -- The nemesis of Moltke: The Marne ; 'Stalemate in our favour' -- 'Poor devils, they fought their ships like men' -- Three armies in Poland -- 'Did you ever dance with him?': Home fronts ; News and abuse -- Open country, open sky: Churchill's adventure ; 'Inventions of the devil' -- Ypres : 'Something that was completely hopeless' -- 'War becomes the scourge of mankind': Poland ; The Serbs' last triumph -- Mudlife -- Silent night, holy night.

Subjects: World War, 1914-1918;

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Vietnam : an epic tragedy, 1945-1975 / by Hastings, Max.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 811-825) and index."Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. He portrays the set pieces of Dienbienphu, the 1968 Tet offensive, the air blitz of North Vietnam, and much less familiar miniatures such as the bloodbath at Daido--where a US Marine battalion was almost wiped out--together with extraordinary recollections of Ho Chi Minh's warriors. Here are the vivid realities of strife amid jungle and paddies that killed two million people. Many writers treat the war as a US tragedy, yet Hastings sees it overwhelmingly as one for the Vietnamese people, of whom forty died for every American. US blunders and atrocities were matched by those committed by their enemies. While all the world has seen the image of a screaming, naked girl seared by napalm, it forgets countless eviscerations, beheadings, and murders carried out by the communists. The people of both former Vietnams paid a bitter price for the Northerners' victory in privation and oppression. Here we are given testimony from Vietcong guerrillas, Southern paratroopers, Saigon bar girls, and Hanoi students alongside that of infantrymen from South Dakota, Marines from North Carolina, and Huey pilots from Arkansas. No past volume has blended a political and military narrative of the entire conflict with heart-stopping personal experiences in the fashion that Hastings's readers know so well. The author suggests that neither side deserved to win this struggle, and presents many lessons for the twenty-first century about the misuse of military might to confront intractable political and cultural challenges. In Vietnam, Hastings marshals testimony from warlords and peasants, statesmen and soldiers, to create an extraordinary record."--Jacket.Beauty and many beasts -- The "dirty war" -- The fortress that never was -- Bloody footprints -- The twin tyrannies -- Some of the way with JFK -- 1963: coffins for two presidents -- The maze -- Into the Gulf -- "We are puzzled about how to proceed" -- The escalator -- "Trying to grab smoke" -- Graft and peppermint oil -- Rolling thunder -- Taking the pain -- "Waist deep in the Big Muddy" -- Our guys, their guys: the Vietnamese war -- Tet -- The giant reels -- Continuous replays -- Nixon's inheritance -- Losing by installments -- Collateral damage -- The biggest battle -- Big ugly fat fellers -- A kiss before dying -- The last act -- Afterward.

Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975.;

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The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki / by Engdahl, Sylvia.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-214) and index.Foreword -- Introduction -- World map -- Chapter 1: Historical Background On The Atomic Bombings: -- 1: Overview of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- 2: First test explosion of an atomic bomb / U S War Department -- 3: U S president announces the atomic bombing of Hiroshima / Harry S Truman -- 4: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima is described in the press / Chicago Tribune -- 5: Atomic energy must be used responsibly / George Fielding Eliot -- 6: British reaction to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima / Sunday Times (London) -- Chapter 2: Controversies Surrounding The Atomic Bombings: -- 1: Atomic bombings were justified because they save many lives / Andrew Kenny -- 2: Atomic bombings ended the savagery of both sides / Paul Fussell -- 3: Many scientists who worked on the A-bomb opposed its use / Leo Szilard -- 4: Decision to use the atomic bomb seemed right at the time / Max Hastings -- 5: Atomic bombing of Japan prevented a third world war / Klaus Wiegrefe -- 6: Atomic bombing of Japan was not necessary / Mark Weber -- 7: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima was necessary but that of Nagasaki was not / Bruce Loebs -- 8: Majority opinion across the political spectrum initially favored use of the atomic bomb / Paul F Boller, Jr -- 9: United States owes Japan no apology for using the atomic bomb / Neil Steinberg -- Chapter 3: Personal Narratives: -- 1: Working to develop the atomic bomb / Paul Olum -- 2: Training as a member of the Enola Gay's crew / Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk -- 3: Experiencing the horrors of the atomic bombing / Keiko Murakami -- 4: Tending the injured in the afternoon of the atomic bombing / Johannes Siemes -- 5: Pilot of the Enola Gay looks back / Paul Tibbets, interviewed by Studs Terkel -- 6: Opposing the atomic bomb as a teen in 1945 / Daniel Ellsberg -- 7: Gratitude for the atomic bomb that ended the war / Bob Greene -- Chronology -- For further reading -- Index.From the Back Cover: How an event is remembered depends on the people who record it. The broadest possible understanding of history comes from exploring multiple perspectives: from different time periods, different cultures, different ideologies. The Perspectives on Modern World History series provides multiple views of momentous events in recent history. Using primary and secondary sources, each volume provides background information on a significant event in modern world history, presents the controversies surrounding the event, and offers first-person narratives from people who lived through or were impacted by the event. All volumes in the series include an annotated table of contents, a chronology, a bibliography, and a subject index. For students and other researchers, Perspectives on Modern World History helps develop critical thinking skills, increases global awareness, and enhances an understanding of international perspectives about historic events.

Subjects: Atomic bomb; World War, 1939-1945;

© c2011., Greenhaven Press/Gale Cengage Learning,

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And the rest is history / by Taylor, Jodi,author.;

"The eighth book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone's cup of tea. Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don't call it "time travel"-these historians "investigate major historical events in contemporary time." And they aren't your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate description, as they ricochet around history, might be unintentional disaster-magnets. The Chronicles of St. Mary's tells the chaotic adventures of Madeleine Maxwell and her compatriots-Director Bairstow, Leon "Chief" Farrell, Mr. Markham, and many more-as they travel through time, saving St. Mary's Institute (too often by the very seat of their pants) and thwarting time-travelling terrorists, all the while leaving plenty of time for tea. You think you're having a bad day? Max is trapped in the same deadly sandstorm that buried the fifty thousand-strong army of the Pharaoh Cambyses II, and she's sharing the only available shelter for miles around with the murdering psychopath who recently kidnapped her and left her adrift in time. She's no safer at St. Mary's. Tragedy strikes-not once, but several times-and with no Leon, no Markham, and no Peterson at her side, Max's personal life slowly begins to unravel. From the Egyptian desert to the Battle of Hastings, and from Bayeux Cathedral to the Sack of Constantinople, Max must race through time to save the ones she loves"--

Subjects: Time-travel fiction.; Science fiction.; Time travel;

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