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    Rain of Ruin

    Richard Overy

    A leading historian of World War II sheds new light on the purposes and impact of the U.S. incendiary and atomic bombing of Japan's cities in 1945.

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    Why War?

    Richard Overy

    Why has war been a consistent presence throughout the human past? A leading historian explains through rich examples and keen insight.

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    Blood and Ruins: The Great Imperial War, 1931-1945

    Richard Overy

    ‘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…

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    Why War?

    Richard Overy

    An Economist Best Book of 2024

    Why has war been such a consistent presence throughout the human past? A leading historian explains, drawing on rich examples and keen insight.

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    The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe, 1940-1945

    Richard Overy,Richard J Overy

    Previously published as: The bombing war, Europe 1939-1945.

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    1939: Countdown to War

    Richard Overy

    Offers an account of the last days of peace in 1939. This title presents the story in the capitals of Europe as politicians and the public braced themselves for a…

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    Blood and Ruins: The Great Imperial War, 1931-1945

    Richard Overy

    A bold new approach to the Second World War from one of its foremost historians

    Richard Overy sets out in Blood and Ruins to recast the way in which we…

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    The Origins of the Second World War

    Richard Overy

    Now in its 5th edition, The Origins of the Second World War explores the reasons why the Second World War broke out in September 1939 and why a European conflict…

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    Bombing, States and Peoples in Western Europe 1940-1945

    Aims to treat bombing during WWII as a European phenomenon and not just the ‘Blitz’ on Britain and Germany. This book provides the basis for a comparison of the experience…

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    The Morbid Age: Britain and the Crisis of Civilisation, 1919 - 1939

    Richard Overy

    British intellectual life between the wars stood at the heart of modernity; it was the golden age of the public intellectual and scientist: Arnold Toynbee, Aldous and Julian Huxley, H…

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    The Inter-War Crisis

    Richard Overy

    A masterly introduction to a key period in 20th Century History, this revised edition covers the interlude between WWI and WWII in Europe and the rest of the world.

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    The Birth of the RAF, 1918: The World’s First Air Force

    Richard Overy

    A short, brilliant account of the birth of the RAF for the centenary of its founding

    The dizzying pace of technological change in the early 20th century meant that it…

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    The Origins of the Second World War

    Richard Overy

    Now in its 5th edition, The Origins of the Second World War explores the reasons why the Second World War broke out in September 1939 and why a European conflict…

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    The Origins of the Second World War

    Richard Overy

    Now in its 5th edition, The Origins of the Second World War explores the reasons why the Second World War broke out in September 1939 and why a European conflict…

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    The Inter-War Crisis

    Richard Overy

    A masterly introduction to a key period in 20th Century History, this revised edition covers the interlude between WWI and WWII in Europe and the rest of the world.

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    Interrogations: The Nazi Elite in Allied Hands, 1945

    Richard Overy

    Acclaimed historian Overy opens a new window into the Third Reich, providing an intimate glimpse of the savage dictatorship in its death throes. More than 30 transcripts of the interrogations…

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    Interrogations: Inside the Minds of the Nazi Elite

    Richard Overy

    How can we ever understand why those in the Third Reich acted the way they did? What could have led them to commit such atrocities in the name of the…

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    Russia’s War

    Richard Overy

    Presents an account of the greatest military encounter in human history. This title describes the events of 1941-45 in which the Soviet Union, after initial catastrophes, destroyed Hitler’s Third Reich…

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    1939: Countdown to War

    Richard Overy

    24 August 1939: The fate of the world is hanging in the balance. Hitler has ambitions to invade Poland and hopes Stalin will now help him. The West must try…

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    The Battle of Britain: Myth and Reality

    Richard Overy

    How close did Britain really come to invasion during this time? What were Hitler and Churchill’s motives? And what was the battle’s real effect on the outcome of the war…

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    The Bombing War: Europe, 1939-1945

    Richard Overy

    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 -…

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    Russia’s War

    Richard Overy

    Drawing on a wealth of evidence to account for the Soviet Union’s victory against invading forces, this book offers an account of the epic struggle that turned the tide of…

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    1939: Countdown to War

    Richard Overy,Richard Overy

    Leading historian Richard Overy re-creates the final hours of peace in Europe.

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    The Third Reich: A Chronicle

    Richard Overy

    A superbly illustrated new history of the Third Reich from a world-class historian.

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    War: A History in 100 Battles

    Richard Overy

    The object of this book is to introduce readers to a whole range of military history which has all the drama, dangers, horrors and excitement that we associate with Stalingrad…

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    The Dictators: Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia

    Richard Overy

    Half a century after their deaths, the dictatorships of Stalin and Hitler still cast a long and terrible shadow over the modern world. They were the most destructive and lethal…

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    Blood and Ruins

    Richard Overy

    "Monumental... [A] vast and detailed study that is surely the finest single-volume history of World War II. Richard Overy has given us a powerful reminder of the horror of war…

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    World War II: The Essential History, Volume 2: From the Invasion of Sicily to VJ Day 1943-45

    Richard Overy

    Contains dozens of specially commissioned maps and specially photographed items of ephemera.

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    The Air War: 1939-1945

    R. J. Overy

    Originally published in 1980 and still the best one-volume aerial history of World War II, Richard Overy’s classic work remains profound and highly original.

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    The Inter-War Crisis: Revised 2nd Edition

    Richard Overy (University of Exeter, UK)

    A masterly introduction to a key period in 20th Century History, this revised edition covers the interlude between WWI and WWII in Europe and the rest of the world.

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    Why The Allies Won

    R. J. Overy

    ‘Outstanding…Overy has written a masterpiece of analytical history, posing and answering one of the great questions of the century’ Niall Ferguson, Sunday Times The Allied victory in 1945 - though…

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    Germany: A New Social And Economic History Since 1800

    The third volume of this three-volume history focuses on Germany’s late but explosive economic transformation after 1800, the cycles of war, defeat, and dictatorship from 1914 to 1950, and the…

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    Doing Business with the Nazis: Britain’s Economic and Financial Relations with Germany 1931-39

    Richard Overy

    Britain’s financial and economic relations with Nazi Germany during the 1930s are examined in this book, with particular focus on the crisis of uncertainty felt in Britain over the rejection…

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    Doing Business with the Nazis: Britain’s Economic and Financial Relations with Germany 1931-39

    Richard Overy

    Britain’s financial and economic relations with Nazi Germany during the 1930s are examined in this book, with particular focus on the crisis of uncertainty felt in Britain over the rejection…

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    And Some Fell on Stony Ground: A Day in the Life of an RAF Bomber Pilot

    Leslie Mann

    Published with Imperial War Museums - a powerful fictionalised memoir of a bomber crew member, introduced by award-winning historian Richard Overy

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    And Some Fell on Stony Ground: A Day in the Life of an RAF Bomber Pilot

    Leslie Mann

    A visceral, affecting fictionalised report of a bombing mission, from a former tailgunner shot down over Germany.

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    Spitfire Pilot

    David Crook

    Spitfire Pilot was written in 1940 in the heat of battle when the RAF stood alone against the might of Hitler’s Third Reich. It is a tremendous personal account of…

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    I Flew for the Fuhrer: The Memoirs of a Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot

    Heinz Knoke

    The story of a German World War II fighter ace.

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    The Road to War: The Origins of World War II

    R. J. Overy,Andrew Wheatcroft

    Hailed on publication as a thought-provoking, authoritative analysis of the true beginnings of the Second World War, this revised edition of The Road to War is essential reading for anyone…

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    The Oxford Illustrated History of World War Two

    Richard Overy (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of Exeter)

    World War Two re-assessed for a new generation, from the 1930s through to the beginnings of the Cold War. A stimulating and thought-provoking new interpretation of one of the most…

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    The Oxford History of World War II

    Richard Overy (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of Exeter)

    World War Two re-assessed for a new generation, from the 1930s through to the beginnings of the Cold War. A stimulating and thought-provoking new interpretation of one of the most…

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    The Twilight Years: The Paradox of Britain Between the Wars

    Professor of History Richard Overy, PH D (University of Exeter UK)

    Original, entertaining, and ever-surprising, The Twilight Years tells the story of how an abiding fear of war influenced English life in the aftermath of World War I.

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    Goering: The Iron Man

    Professor Richard Overy (Professor of History, University of Exeter, UK)

    Originally published: London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984.

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    RAF: The Birth of the World’s First Air Force

    Richard Overy, Ph.D. (University of Exeter)

    Packed with drama, both military and political…. It will surely prove definitive. -Lewis Jones, Daily Telegraph

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