Das Boot (W&N Military):
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Language : English
Paperback : 563 pages
ISBN-10 : 0304352314
ISBN-13 : 9780304352319
War: How Conflict Shaped Us
Publisher : Profile Books
Language : English
Paperback : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 1788162579
ISBN-13 : 9781788162579
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Das Boot (W&N Military): The enthralling true story of a U-Boat commander and crew during the Second World War (W&N Military)...
It is autumn 1941 and a German U\-boat commander and his crew set out on yet another hazardous patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic. Over the coming weeks they must brave the stormy waters of the Atlantic in their mission to seek out and destroy British supply ships. But the tide is beginning to turn against the Germans in the war for the North Atlantic. Their targets now travel in convoys, fiercely guarded by Royal Navy destroyers, and when contact is finally made the hunters rapidly become the hunted....
War: How Conflict Shaped Us
The time since the Second World War has been seen by some as the longest uninterrupted period of harmony in human history: the 'long peace', as Stephen Pinker called it. But despite this, there has been a military conflict ongoing every year since 1945. The same can be said for every century of recorded history. Is war, therefore, an essential part of being human?In War, Professor Margaret MacMillan explores the deep links between society and war and the questions they raise. We learn when war began - whether among early homo sapiens or later, as we began to organise ourselves into tribes and settle in communities. We see the ways in which war reflects changing societies and how war has brought change - for better and worse....