Richard Overy

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1.		Why the Allies Won from W. W. Norton & Company Price: $12.89 Customer Review: As a WWII veteran so many of the WWII histories I have read were written within 10 or 20 years of the war. "Why The Allies Won" offered more insight and was more thoroughly researched than any I have read. Yet it was very readable and contained many facts and explanations I had not thought about... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.		Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941-1945 from Penguin (Non-Classics) Price: $10.88 Customer Review: Once the Soviet Union fell in 1991 and the era of Glasnost arrived it was inevitable that western historians would seek to re-appraise the eastern front in the Second World War. One of the early efforts was Russia's War, written by British historian Richard Overy. He used some of the early released... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.		Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of the Battle of Britain from Greenhill Books Price: $19.77 Customer Review: This is a delightfully informative naration clearly describing not only every day life in the UK during the war years but also the appalling loss of life in the air. It is hard to imagine the fear and extreme adrenaline rushes these pilots were exposed to and then to return to base at the end... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Third Reich (Hist Atlas) from Penguin (Non-Classics) Price: $11.53 Customer Review: Richard Overy's "The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Third Reich" is a superb reference work. In just over 100 pages (not counting timelines and appendices) it provides an excellent overview of the Third Reich, working in roughly chronological order from the turmoil at the end of the First World War... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.		The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia from W. W. Norton & Company Customer Review: I have seen some criticism of this book, including from professional historians, but I don't see it. I found this to be an absorbing and fascinating look at both Hitler & Stalin, as the author cuts back and forth between their careers. The compare and contrast method really works quite well, and... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.		The Battle of Britain: The Myth and the Reality from W. W. Norton & Company Price: $11.86 Customer Review: This is the first book by Ricard Overy I read and I was really impressed! If you belong to the kind of people that are looking for small books full of excellent analysis and myth debunking facts, then this is one of the best choices you can make. I have read quite a number of books on the Battle of... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.		Collins Atlas of 20th Century History from Collins Price: $23.71	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.		The Road to War: Revised Edition from Penguin (Non-Classics) Customer Review: What caused Poland, Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, the USSR and Japan to enter World War II. The case of Great Britain was especially poignant. It realized that it could not defend its 5mpire, but was unwilling to part with it, so its policy was to prevent the emergence of any world power... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.		The Air War: 1939-1945 (Potomac Books' Cornerstones of Military History series) from Potomac Books Inc. Price: $18.96 Customer Review: "The Air War" by Richard Overy is a one-volume historical comparison of the Axis and Allied powers' planning and prosecution of the air campaign during World War II. The book compares the air power strategies of each major power; the application of air power on the different fronts; the economic... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.	[no image]	The Times Complete History of the World from Barnes & Noble Books Customer Review: This admirable volume covers the entire span of human history from human origins circa 5 million years ago to global economy and environment in 2000. From Abbas the Great to the Zyrians, this book has it all. This is a sixth edition published in 2004.It is nearly identical to the other editions of... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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