London Burning
A fresh account of how Londoners responded to the impact of the Second World War.
Second World War
Learning Japanese
Official secrecy and institutional rivalry obscured the achievements of two crash programmes hastily launched to teach Japanese during the Second World War.
Escape to the Country
An Essex farm built on religious and political ideals in a war-torn world.
Did the Attack on Pearl Harbor Cost the Axis Powers the War?
Four historians consider the consequences of the ‘Day of Infamy’ on 7 December 1941, and whether it was the ultimate reason for Germany, Italy and Japan’s defeat.
‘Manless Climbing’
Breaking into the masculine public sphere of the interwar years.
Beneath the Bombs
Understanding the immediacy and confusion of the Blitz.
Escape from Vesuvius
In October 1943 the Allies liberated the area around the infamous volcano in the Bay of Naples. Its sudden eruption in March 1944, as war in Italy raged, stretched the resources of the combined services to the limit. What followed was an exemplary emergency operation.
Is the Story of ‘The Few’ More Myth Than Reality?
Eighty years on from the height of the Battle of Britain, four historians confront the nature of this key episode in the Second World War.
The Man The Allies Ignored
The Polish volunteer who infiltrated Auschwitz.
It Can't Happen Here
A personal interpretation of France under two occupations, reissued as a Modern Classic.