Why has warfare always been part of the human story? From biology to belief, what explains the persistence of violent conflict? What light can this shed on humanity’s past – and its future? There can be few more important but also more contentious... Zobraziť viac
In "Russia's War: 1941-1945", Richard Overy re-creates the Soviet Union's apocalyptic struggle against Nazi Germany, from... Zobraziť viac
A bold new approach to the Second World War from one of Britain's foremost military historians... Zobraziť viac
Tells the history of the Blitz in the Second World War. This book examines the well-known parts of the campaign, and the significance of bombing on many other fronts - the German use of bombers on the Eastern Front for example (and discovered material... Zobraziť viac
The RAF was the world's first air force. This is the story of its founding in 1918, as a response to the new terror of aerial warfare, the struggles to keep it alive amid controversy and opposition, its crucial role in the ... Zobraziť viac
'A masterpiece. It puts all previous single-volume works of the conflict in the shade' Saul David, The Times'This book is Richard Overy's magnum opus ... It would be difficult to overstate the brilliance with which argument and insight ... Zobraziť viac
