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Agent Cicero: Hitler’s Most Successful Spy by Mark Simmons 9781803995281
RRP: $22.28$16.07ELYESA BAZNA WAS THE HIGHEST-PAID SPY IN HISTORY.Working for the British ambassador in Ankara in 1943, Bazna photographed top-secret documents and sold them to the Nazis. So started his career as a 'walk-in', a freelance spy whose loyalties lay with the... -
Nazism 1919-1945 Volume 1: The Rise to Power 1919-1934: A Documentary Reader by Jeremy Noakes 9780859895989
RRP: $30.17$27.70Volume 1 of this series of documents with commentary covers the period from the founding of the Nazi Party in 1919 to Hitler's assumption of the office of Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor of 1 August 1934. The documents in the four volumes of this series are... -
Z Generation: Into the Heart of Russia's Fascist Youth by Ian Garner
RRP: $42.88$37.02How did Vladimir Putin win Russians' support for his genocidal war in Ukraine and why are so many of them willing to embrace fascism? This vivid, bottom-up narrative reveals the dark realities of youth fascism in Russia-and the darker future awaiting the... -
Hitler's Vikings: The History of the Scandinavian Waffen-SS: The Legions, the SS Wiking and the SS Nordland by Jonathan Trigg
RRP: $25.71$19.35The Nazis' dream of a world dominated by legions of Aryan 'supermen', forged in battle and absolutely loyal to Hitler, was epitomised by the Waffen-SS. Created as a supreme military elite, it grew to become Nazi Germany's 'second army', an immense force... -
Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems by Alexandra Stein
RRP: $49.73$41.65This book explains how people can be radically manipulated by extreme groups and leaders to engage in incomprehensible and often dangerous acts through psychologically isolating situations of extreme social influence. These methods are used in... -
Turkey Under Erdogan: How a Country Turned from Democracy and the West by Dimitar Bechev
RRP: $34.31$29.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780300247886Author Dimitar BechevFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Yale University PressPublisher Yale University PressWeight(grams) 156g -
Mussolini's War: Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943 by John Gooch
RRP: $29.14$21.06WINNER OF THE 2021 DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORYA DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020From an acclaimed military historian, the definitive account of Italy's experience of the Second World WarWhile staying closely aligned with Hitler,... -
The Dictatorship of the Proletariat, by Hal Draper 9780853457268
RRP: $18.85$15.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853457268Author Hal DraperFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S. -
The SS Officer's Armchair: In Search of a Hidden Life by Daniel Lee
RRP: $17.14$12.20The gripping account of one historian's hunt for answers as he delves into the surprising life of an ordinary Nazi officer.'Totally exhilarating' Philippe SandsIt began with an armchair. It began with the surprise discovery of a stash of personal... -
The Twittering Machine by Richard Seymour
RRP: $22.28$14.89In surrealist artist Paul Klee's The Twittering Machine, the bird-song of a diabolical machine acts as bait to lure humankind into a pit of damnation. Leading political writer and broadcaster Richard Seymour argues that this is a chilling metaphor for... -
The Berlin Diaries 1940-45 by Marie Vassiltchikov
RRP: $32.57$23.35Marie `Missie' Vassiltchikov as a White Russian emigree caught with her family in Hitler`s Germany at the outbreak of the war. She was a Bright Young Thing, part of the cosmopolitan set who managed to maintain a trance-like normality until as late as... -
The Young Survivors by Debra Barnes
RRP: $15.42$10.77What if everyone you loved was suddenly taken away? Five siblings struggle to stay together as the tides of war threaten to tear them apart. When Germany invades France in the Second World War, the five Laskowski children lose everything: their home,... -
The Proper Study Of Mankind: An Anthology of Essays by Isaiah Berlin
RRP: $42.88$30.91'He becomes everyman's guide to everything exciting in the history of ideas' New York Review of BooksIsaiah Berlin was one of the leading thinkers of the twentieth century, and one of the finest writers. The Proper Study Of Mankind selects some of his... -
The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler by Laurence Rees
RRP: $22.28$15.59Fuelled by hate. Unable to form normal human relationships. Unwilling to debate political issues.In many ways Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader, yet he inspired millions, leading Germany into the cataclysmic events of the Second World War.But how... -
Nazi Germany by Alan F. Wilt 9780882959108
RRP: $32.50$28.90Begins with a brief sketch of Hitler before turning to the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of the Third Reich. A conclusion gives an historiographical assessment of Hitlerian Germany and its place in the 20th century.About the... -
Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter by Robert Hutton
RRP: $18.85$13.33June 1940. Britain is Europe's final bastion of freedom - and Hitler's next target. But not everyone fears a Nazi invasion. In factories, offices and suburban homes are men and women determined to do all they can to hasten it.Throughout the Second World... -
Fascism: The Career of a Concept by Paul Gottfried 9780875807829
RRP: $51.44$44.58"For historians, [Fascism] offers clear and provocative insights and arguments, and the very detailed notes are especially helpful.... Recommended." Choice What does it mean to label someone a fascist? Today, it is equated with denouncing him or her as... -
X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos Who Helped Defeat the Nazis by Leah Garrett
RRP: $17.14$12.20THE UNTOLD STORY OF BRITAIN'S MOST SECRETIVE SPECIAL FORCES UNITJune 1942. The shadow of the Third Reich falls across Europe. In desperation, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan - a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees... -
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order: When Bad Behaviour Pays by Dr Edward Howell
RRP: $142.37$129.23For a state that has gained a global reputation as a violator of international norms, not least through its unwavering pursuit of nuclear weapons, North Korea's determination to become a nuclear-armed state is puzzling. If nuclear weapons beget security,... -
Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis by Volker Ullrich 9781324093466
RRP: $42.88$36.57The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography: "I have a pretty thorough knowledge of history, but never, to my recollection, has it produced such madness in such gigantic proportions." He was referring to Germany in 1923, a "year... -
Behold, America by Sarah Churchwell
RRP: $22.28$15.59SELECTED AS A 2018 SUMMER READ BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER, I-PAPER AND THE BIG ISSUE 'Enormously entertaining' SUNDAY TIMES 'Fascinating' NEW STATESMAN 'Excoriating, brilliant' ALI SMITH 'Enthralling' GUARDIAN 'My number one contributor when it... -
Trautmann's Journey: From Hitler Youth to FA Cup Legend by Catrine Clay
RRP: $22.28$15.59SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEARHow did one man go from Nazi Youth indoctrination to English footballing icon?Bert Trautmann is a football legend. He is famed as the Manchester City goalkeeper who broke his neck in the 1956 FA Cup... -
It Can't Happen Here: What Will Happen When America Has a Dictator? by Sinclair Lewis
RRP: $15.42$12.44Published during the heyday of fascism in Europe, It Can't Happen Here is a chilling cautionary tale by one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century, which is still startlingly relevant almost a century later. Charting the rise to... -
Authoritarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Erica Frantz
RRP: $18.85$13.33Despite the spread of democratization following the Cold War's end, all signs indicate that we are currently seeing a resurgence of authoritarianism. Around forty percent of the world's people live under some form of authoritarian rule, and authoritarian... -
The Doctrine Of Fascism by Benito Mussolini 9781478370918
RRP: $10.29$8.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478370918Author Benito MussoliniFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Psychoanalysis in the Age of Totalitarianism by Matt Ffytche
RRP: $80.60$70.28Psychoanalysis in the Age of Totalitarianism provides rich new insights into the history of political thought and clinical knowledge. In these chapters, internationally renowned historians and cultural theorists discuss landmark debates about the uses... -
Freedom: How we lose it and how we get it back by Nathan Law
RRP: $25.71$18.78'Nathan Law's agonising account of China's ruthless takeover of Hong Kong provides a terrible insight into Beijing's ambitions - the world needs to read this.' - Jon Snow 'In Freedom, Nathan Law paints a deeply personal portrait of sheer courage... An... -
Eichmann: His Life and Crimes by David Cesarani
RRP: $25.71$18.78Adolf Eichmann was responsible for transporting over two million Jews to their deaths in Auschwitz-Birkenau and other death camps. Yet he was an obscure figure until his sensational capture by the Israeli Secret Service in Argentina in 1960 and his... -
Cambodia's Curse: The Modern History of a Troubled Land by Joel Brinkley
RRP: $25.71$16.81A generation after the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia shows every sign of having overcome its history- the streets of Phnom Penh are paved skyscrapers dot the skyline. But under this facade lies a country still haunted by its years of terror. Joel Brinkley won a... -
Hitler's Beneficiaries: Plunder, Racial War, and the Nazi Welfare State by Gotz Aly 9781784786342
RRP: $46.30$38.56In this groundbreaking book, historian Gotz Aly addresses one of modern history's greatest conundrums: How did Hitler win the allegiance of ordinary Germans? The answer is as shocking as it is persuasive. By engaging in a campaign of theft on an almost... -
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by Milton Mayer
RRP: $25.73$24.61When this book was first published it received some attention from the critics but none at all from the public. Nazism was finished in the bunker in Berlin and its death warrant signed on the bench at Nuremberg. That's Milton Mayer, writing in a foreword... -
How To Feed A Dictator: Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks by Witold Szablowski 9780143129752
RRP: $25.71$19.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143129752Author Witold SzablowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Syria: A Modern History by David W. Lesch 9781509527526
RRP: $29.14$19.79Today Syria is a country known for all the wrong reasons: civil war, vicious sectarianism, and major humanitarian crisis. But how did this once rich, multi-cultural society end up as the site of one of the twenty-first century's most devastating and... -
The Broken House: Growing up under Hitler by Horst Kruger 9781847926340
RRP: $25.71$16.35The Broken House is a rediscovered coming-of-age story that provides an unforgettable portrait of life under the Nazis. In 1965, journalist Horst Kruger attended the Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt, where 22 former camp guards were put on trial for the... -
Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself: The Downfall of Ordinary Germans, 1945 by Florian Huber
RRP: $18.85$13.33The extraordinary German bestseller on the final days of the Third ReichOne of the least understood stories of the Third Reich is that of the extraordinary wave of suicides, carried out not just by much of the Nazi leadership, but also by thousands of... -
The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace's Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics by John Nichols 9781788737401
RRP: $29.14$19.67Seventy-five years ago, Henry Wallace, then the vice president of the United States, mounted a campaign about the "Danger of American Fascism." As fighting in the European and Japanese theatres drew to a close, Wallace warned that the country might win... -
Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman by Charles Dunst
RRP: $42.88$28.10' Charles Dunst's deeply researched, timely and powerful book offers a blueprint for how democracies should fight back.' - Sir Kim Darroch'Remarkable. A thoughtful and perceptive book.' - Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt, MPThe world is currently experiencing the... -
The Great Firewall of China: How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet by James Griffiths
RRP: $60.04$45.66'Readers will come away startled at just how fragile the online infrastructure we all depend on is and how much influence China wields - both technically and politically' - Jason Q. Ng, author of Blocked on Weibo 'An urgent and much needed reminder... -
Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Dictatorship, 1915-1945 by Richard J. B. Bosworth
RRP: $32.57$23.35For almost all nations the First World War was an unparalleled disaster, but the Italian experience especially was to have catastrophic consequences. Weakened and embittered, trying and failing to come to terms with 600,000 dead and with an entire... -
The Death of Democracy by Benjamin Carter Hett
RRP: $18.85$14.36*A TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR*WHAT CAUSED THE FALL OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY EUROPE, AND THE RISE OF THE MOST TERRIFYING?In the 1930s, Germany was at a turning point, with many looking to the Nazi phenomenon as...