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Frederick the Great

A Life in Deed and Letters

By: Giles MacDonogh

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Frederick the Great

A Life in Deed and Letters

By: Giles MacDonogh

A look at the life of Frederick the Great reveals the often misunderstood king as not only a feared conqueror, but also a patron of the arts and a progressive lawmaker who helped make Berlin one of Europe's great capital cities.

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Macmillan

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0312272669

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9780312272661

The Last Kaiser

The Life of Wilhelm II

By: Giles MacDonogh

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The Last Kaiser

The Life of Wilhelm II

By: Giles MacDonogh

Looks at the statesman who had a penchant for victory, war, and the belligerent aims of his staff, even though he dubbed himself the "Emperor of Peace," detailing his life, from his childhood to his involvement in World War I.

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Macmillan

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0312305575

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9780312305574

After the Reich

The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation

By: Giles MacDonogh

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After the Reich

The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation

By: Giles MacDonogh

The shocking history of the brutal occupation of Germany after the Second World War When the Third Reich collapsed in 1945, Germany was a nation in tatters, in many places literally flattened by bombs. In the ensuing occupation, hundreds of thousands of women were raped. Hundreds of thousands of Germans and German-speakers died in the course of brutal deportations from Eastern Europe. By the end of the year, denied access to any foreign aid, Germany was literally starving to death. An astonishing 2.5 million ordinary Germans were killed in the post-Reich era. A shocking account of a massive and brutal military occupation, After the Reich draws on an array of contemporary first-person accounts of the period to offer a bold reframing of the history of World War II and its aftermath.

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658

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Basic Books

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0465006205

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9780465006205

1938

Hitler's Gamble

By: Giles MacDonogh

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1938

Hitler's Gamble

By: Giles MacDonogh

A narrative account of the Third Reich dictator's consolidation of power over the course of one year includes the Anschluss, the Munich Conference, and Kristallnacht, and documents his plans for reclaiming parts of Europe lost during World War I.

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354

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Basic Books (AZ)

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0465009549

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9780465009541

On Germany

By: Giles MacDonogh

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On Germany

By: Giles MacDonogh

After the Second World War, Germany was an international pariah. Today, it has become a beacon of the Western world. But what makes this extraordinary nation tick? On Germany tells the story of a country reborn, from defeat in 1945 to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the painstaking reunification of "the two Germanies" and the Republic's return to the world stage as an economic colossus and European leader. Giles MacDonogh restores these momentous events of world history to their German context, from the food and drink that accompanied them to the deep-rooted provincialism behind the national story. Full of vivid and often whimsical vignettes of German life, this is a Germanophile's homage to the culture and people of a country he has known for decades.

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328

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Oxford University Press

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1787381056

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9781787381056

Russian Roulette

How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Plot for Global Revolution

By: Giles Milton

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Russian Roulette

How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Plot for Global Revolution

By: Giles Milton

Recounts the extraordinary and thrilling story of the British spies in revolutionary Russia, led by Mansfield Cumming, who would one day pioneer the field of covert action and become MI6, and their mission to foil Lenin's plot for global revolution. 40,000 first printing.

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401

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1620405709

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9781620405703

Checkmate in Berlin

The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World

By: Giles Milton

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Checkmate in Berlin

The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World

By: Giles Milton

From a master of popular history, the lively, immersive story of the race to seize Berlin in the aftermath of World War II as it’s never been told before BERLIN’S FATE WAS SEALED AT THE 1945 YALTA CONFERENCE: the city, along with the rest of Germany, was to be carved up among the victorious powers— the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. On paper, it seemed a pragmatic solution. In reality, once the four powers were no longer united by the common purpose of defeating Germany, they wasted little time reverting to their prewar hostility toward—and suspicion of—one another. The veneer of civility between the Western allies and the Soviets was to break down in spectacular fashion in Berlin. Rival systems, rival ideologies, and rival personalities ensured that the German capital became an explosive battleground. The warring leaders who ran Berlin’s four sectors were charismatic, mercurial men, and Giles Milton brings them all to rich and thrilling life here. We meet unforgettable individuals like America’s explosive Frank “Howlin’ Mad” Howley, a brusque sharp-tongued colonel with a relish for mischief and a loathing for all Russians. Appointed commandant of the city’s American sector, Howley fought an intensely personal battle against his wily nemesis, General Alexander Kotikov, commandant of the Soviet sector. Kotikov oozed charm as he proposed vodka toasts at his alcohol-fueled parties, but Howley correctly suspected his Soviet rival was Stalin’s agent, appointed to evict the Western allies from Berlin and ultimately from Germany as well. Throughout, Checkmate in Berlin recounts the first battle of the Cold War as we’ve never before seen it. An exhilarating tale of intense rivalry and raw power, it is above all a story of flawed individuals who were determined to win, and Milton does a masterful job of weaving between all the key players’ motivations and thinking at every turn. A story of unprecedented human drama, it’s one that had a profound, and often underestimated, shaping force on the modern world – one that’s still felt today.

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Henry Holt and Company

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1250247551

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9781250247551

On Germany

By: Giles MacDonogh

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On Germany

By: Giles MacDonogh

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The Last Kaiser

The Life of Wilhelm II

By: Giles MacDonogh

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The Last Kaiser

The Life of Wilhelm II

By: Giles MacDonogh

This gave him a sense of inherent invincibility.

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Macmillan

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0312276737

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9780312276737

After the Reich

From the Liberation of Vienna to the Berlin Airlift

By: Giles MacDonogh

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After the Reich

From the Liberation of Vienna to the Berlin Airlift

By: Giles MacDonogh

In 1945 Germany was a nation in tatters. Swathes of its population were despairing, homeless, bombed-out and on the move. Refugees streamed towards the West and soldiers made their way home, often scarring the villages they passed through with parting shots of savagery. Politically the country was neutered, carved into zones of occupation. While Britain and America were loathe to repeat the crippling reparations demands of the First World War, Russia bayed for blood, stripping their own zone of everything from rail tracks to lavatory bowls. After the Reich is the first history to give the full picture of Germany's bitter journey to reconstruction. Giles Macdonogh expertly charts the varied experiences of all who found themselves in the German melting pot. His people-focused narrative unveils shocking truths about how people continued to treat each other, even outside the confines of war. It is a crucial lesson for our times.

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071956770X

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9780719567704

After the Reich

From the Fall of Vienna to the Berlin Airlift

By: Giles MacDonogh

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After the Reich

From the Fall of Vienna to the Berlin Airlift

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John Murray Publishers

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0719567661

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The Last Kaiser

William the Impetuous

By: Giles MacDonogh

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The Last Kaiser

William the Impetuous

By: Giles MacDonogh

The Story of William II, a war monger whose sabre-rattling over Serbia brought about the First World War which cost him his own throne and his country's defeat

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Phoenix

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1842124781

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9781842124789

According to Arnold

By: Giles Milton

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According to Arnold

By: Giles Milton

Meet Arnold Trevellyan - charismatic, exuberant and somewhat strange. His love of mushrooms is matched only by a passion for Flora, his wife of twelve years. One day, while searching for mushrooms, Arnold makes a wondrous discovery that will turn his world upside down. He abandons Flora and heads to the South Pacific where he finds himself marrying the queen of the remote tropical island. But all is not as it seems in Arnold's idyllic realm. In a series of cassettes to his oldest friend, he reveals that he is trapped in an international conspiracy in which mushrooms hold the key to life or death. Funny, tragic and intensely moving, According to Arnold is essential reading for all women who think they know their partner - and all men who think the grass is greener elsewhere.

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Pan

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1743030231

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9781743030233

Book's by Giles Macdonogh

Frederick the Great

Frederick the Great

The Last Kaiser

The Last Kaiser

After the Reich

After the Reich

1938

1938

On Germany

On Germany

Russian Roulette

Russian Roulette

Checkmate in Berlin

Checkmate in Berlin

On Germany

On Germany

The Last Kaiser

The Last Kaiser

After the Reich

After the Reich

After the Reich

After the Reich

The Last Kaiser

The Last Kaiser

According to Arnold

According to Arnold

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