World War II Books

New and Published Books

1. Naval Warfare 1919–45

   An Operational History of the Volatile War at Sea

   By Malcolm H. Murfett

   Naval Warfare 1919–45 is a comprehensive history of the war at sea from the end of the Great War to the end of World War Two. Showing the bewildering nature and complexity of the war facing those charged with fighting it around the world, this book ranges far and wide: sweeping across all naval...

   Published December 12th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Politics and Strategy of Clandestine War

   Special Operations Executive, 1940-1946

   Edited by Neville Wylie

   Series: Studies in Intelligence

   This fascinating new collection of essays on Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) explores the ‘non-military’ aspects of British special operations in the Second World War. It details how SOE was established in the summer of 1940 to ‘set Europe ablaze’, as Churchill memorably put it. This...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Railways and International Politics

   Paths of Empire, 1848-1945

   Edited by T.G. Otte, Keith Neilson

   Series: Military History and Policy

   This new study brings together leading experts to show how the modern world began with the coming of the railway. They clearly explain why it had a greater impact than any other technical or industrial innovation before and completely redefined the limits of the civilized world. While the effect...

   Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
4. Crimes of State Past and Present

   Government-Sponsored Atrocities and International Legal Responses

   Edited by David Crowe

   Series: Association for the Study of Nationalities

   War Crimes and acts of genocide are as old as history itself, but particularly during the 20th century. Yet what are war crimes and acts of genocide? And why did it take the world so long to define these crimes and develop legal institutions to bring to justice individuals and nations responsible...

   Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
5. Britain's Secret War against Japan, 1937-1945

   By Douglas Ford

   Series: Studies in Intelligence

   A new look at how Britain’s defence establishment learned to engage Japan’s armed forces as the Pacific War progressed. Douglas Ford reveals that, prior to Japan’s invasion of Southeast Asia in December 1941, the British held a contemptuous view of Japanese military...

   Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge
6. War, Peace and International Relations

   An introduction to strategic history, 2nd Edition

   By Colin Gray

   War, Peace and International Relations provides an introduction to the strategic history of the past two centuries, showing how those 200 years were shaped and reshaped extensively by war. The book takes a broad view of what was relevant to the causes, courses, and consequences of wars. Written by...

   Published October 20th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941-45

   A Documentary Reader

   By Alexander Hill

   Series: Soviet (Russian) Study of War

   This book consists of extracts from key documents, along with commentary and further reading, on the ‘Great Patriotic War’ of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany, 1941-45. Despite the historical significance of the war, few Soviet documents have been published in English. This work provides...

   Published August 30th 2010 by Routledge
8. The Guy Liddell Diaries, Volume I: 1939-1942

   MI5's Director of Counter-Espionage in World War II

   By Nigel West

   This is the first volume of Nigel West's acclaimed presentation of these fascinating diaries from the heart of Britain's Second World War intelligence operations. 'No intelligence buff can be without this volume and anyone interested in British twentieth century history needs it too....

   Published September 20th 2009 by Routledge
9. The Guy Liddell Diaries Vol.II: 1942-1945

   MI5's Director of Counter-Espionage in World War II

   Edited by Nigel West

   WALLFLOWERS is the codename given to one of the Security Service’s most treasured possessions, the daily journal dictated from August 1939 to June 1945 by MI5’s Director of Counter-Espionage, Guy Liddell, to his secretary, Margo Huggins. The document was considered so highly classified that it was...

   Published September 20th 2009 by Routledge
10. Churchill's Man of Mystery

    Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence

    By Gill Bennett

    Series: Government Official History Series

    The mysterious life and career of Desmond Morton, Intelligence officer and personal adviser to Winston Churchill during the Second World War, is exposed for the first time in this study based on full access to official records. After distinguished service as artillery officer and aide-de-camp to...

    Published April 16th 2009 by Routledge