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Churchill: A Life |
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UK 6th Printing, USA 14th printing, 1991; also paperback,
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Winston Churchill's leadership of Britain in the Second World
War inspired not only his own fellow countrymen, but also opponents
of tyranny in every land. In this book, Martin Gilbert brings
together the highlights - both political and personal - of Churchill's
life through nine decades. In these pages is the story of Churchill's
childhood, his early struggles and adventures, his long and
often controversial political career, and many unusual aspects
of his creative life. Churchill learnt to fly before the First
World War, he was instrumental in the evolution of the tank,
he had experienced war and understood its traumas as well as
its exhilaration. His much less well known work as a pioneer
in many areas of social and prison reform. Emerging after remarkable
achievements and formidable setbacks, Churchill never abandoned
his faith in parliamentary democracy, and in the ability of
the human spirit to overcome the evils of totalitarianism, and
poverty. In 1940 he was called upon to lead his nation at a
time of greatest danger, and imminent invasion. Martin Gilbert
writes: "His finest hour was the leadership of Britain
when it was most isolated, most threatened, and most weak; when
his own courage, determination, and belief in democracy became
at one with the nation." Of all the books on Churchill,
this is in many ways the most fascinating, the most authoritative,
the most detailed, and the most personal.
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Italian, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese |
| Notes About This Book: |
Contains 142 photographs, covering every
phase of Churchill's life, and twenty-eight maps, each one specially
drawn for this book by the author. There is a fully itemised
83-page index compiled by the author.
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The First World War |
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5th UK printing, 2002, 12th USA printing, 2003
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616 |
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Martin Gilbert has written a book on the First World War which
covers every battlefront, every nation at war, the fighting
itself and the human suffering, the story of individuals, the
heroism and the horror. His chronological effort enables every
facet of the war - on land, at sea and in the air - to be seen
in both its global and personal dimensions. He has written not
only a definitive history of the war (arguably the most definitive
single-volume ever published) but a powerful testimony to the
life, and death of millions of men and women. His opening thirty-four
pages set the scene of the inexorable march to war. His wide-ranging
canvas looks at many geographic and individual aspects of the
war that are often overlooked. He has woven the poetry of the
war into its place in the unfolding narrative. His final chapters
on peacemaking, remembrance, and memory look at the impact of
the war on the rest of the century that was to follow.
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| Translations: |
German, Italian. |
| Notes About This Book: |
Contains 80 photographs, many of them never
before published in book form, and 31 maps showing all the places
mention in the book itself. There is a 32-page index, fully
itemised, which has been compiled by the author. |
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The Second World War |
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UK (Weidenfeld); USA (Holt), 1989; paperback, 3rd UK printing,
2000, 8th US printing, 2001.
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846 |
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Like his history of the First World War, Martin Gilbert's
history of the Second World War is a comprehensive survey of
the war on every front, on land, on sea and in the air, set
out as a compelling chronological narrative in which both the
politicians and the commanders, and the soldiers and civilians,
are given equal weight. As in his history of the First World
War, he describes many acts of heroism, many acts of desperation,
great suffering, and great courage. This is the first book in
which the fate of the Jews is described as an integral part
of the historical narrative, as indeed it was. The book moves
from all the battlefronts, including those in both Europe, Asia
and the Pacific, to the life of those behind the lines and under
occupation. The fate of relatively small groups, such as the
gypsies, is not overlooked. Above all, Gilbert tells the story
of many, many individuals, whom he names. Following his description
of the defeat of Japan, Gilbert has two chapters on retribution
and remembrance, and on the 'unfinished business of the war',
pointing out how many soldiers and civilians had their lives
scarred by the war.
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| Translations: |
German, Italian, Polish |
| Notes About This Book: |
Contains 130 photographs, many of which
have not been published in book form before. There are 28 maps,
specially prepared for this book by the author, showing every
one of the many hundreds of places mentioned in the text. There
is a 59- page, fully itemised index, compiled by the author.
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A History of the Jews of Europe
During the Second World War (British title, The Holocaust: The
Jewish Tragedy)
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1986. 10th UK paperback printing, 2000; 18th USA paperback
printing, 2003
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959 |
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A comprehensive history of the Holocaust, stressing the human
aspect, and telling the story of the deliberate murder of six
million men, women and children through the words and experiences
both of the murderers and of their victims. The first eighty-three
pages examine the origins of the Holocaust and the imposition
of Nazism in Germany. The book goes on to describe the steady
spread of Nazi rule and the evolution of mass murder country
by country, as the German armies extended their conquests from
the Atlantic Ocean to the Caucasus. Among the sources on which
Gilbert has drawn are the voluminous records of both the Nuremberg
trials and the Eichmann trial, where many hundreds of survivors
gave eyewitness testimony. The voice of the survivors is present
throughout these pages, as are the words of those who were murdered
but who managed to write down something of their experiences
and fate even as that fate was being decided. Gilbert makes
use of diaries that survived, many of then hidden by their authors,
some of whom were later murdered. The story of Jewish resistance,
and of individual acts of courage and defiance, is an important
and integral part of this book.
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| Translations: |
Bulgarian, Macedonian |
| Notes About This Book: |
Contains 34 photographs and 23 maps, each
map specially prepared by the author to locate every place mentioned
in the book, and every phase of the Holocaust. There are 65
pages of notes and sources.
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