A detailed, month-by-month history of the protracted Battle of Cassino and the struggle for Rome. James Holland reconstructs strategy, slogging conditions, and the costs paid by soldiers on both sides—an immersive account for readers of the Italian...

Noriko Kawamura offers a balanced reappraisal of Emperor Hirohito’s role from the 1920s through Japan’s WWII surrender. Drawing on newly available documents, she traces the emperor’s influence, limitations, and the moral complexity of...

In George Pitt-Rivers and the Nazis, Bradley W. Hart narrates the disturbing transformation of Captain George Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers—a man of science and aristocracy—into a prominent sympathizer of far-right ideology in Britain. The book tracks...

Potsdam: The End of World War II and the Remaking of Europe Michael Neiberg Hardcover 336 Pages 2015 After Germany’s defeat in World War II, Europe lay in tatters. Millions of refugees were dispersed across the continent. Food and fuel were scarce...

With Hitler propelling events and the Allied powers saving the day. But Hitler’s armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit the spoils of war. That role belonged to Joseph...

The Battle of Britain: Five Months That Changed History; May-October 1940 James Holland Paperback 736 Pages 2012 'If Hitler fails to invade or destroy Britain, he has lost the war,' Churchill said in the summer of 1940. He was right. "The...

The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944 By: Michael NeibergHardcover352 Pages2012As the Allies struggled inland from Normandy in August of 1944, the fate of Paris hung in the balance. Other jewels of Europe—sites like Warsaw, Antwerp,...

World War II at Sea: A Global Historyby Craig SymondsHardcover792 Pages2018 Author of Lincoln and His Admirals (winner of the Lincoln Prize), The Battle of Midway (Best Book of the Year, Military History Quarterly), and Operation Neptune, (winner of the...