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  • Escape From Davao

    The Forgotten Story of the Most Daring Prison Break of the Pacific War

    by John D. Lukacs ...
    On April 4, 1943, ten American prisoners of war and two Filipino convicts executed a daring escapefrom one of Japan’s most notorious prison camps. The prisoners were survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March and the Fall of Corregidor, and the prison from which they escaped was surrounded by an impenetrable swamp and reputedly escape-proof. Theirs was the only successful group escape from a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Five Days in London, May 1940

    by John Lukacs ...
    A "gripping [and] splendidly readable" portrait of the battle within the British War Cabinet—and Churchill's eventual victory—as Hitler's shadow loomed ( The Boston Globe).From May 24 to May 28, 1940, members of Britain's War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue what became known as the Second World War. In this magisterial work, John Lukacs takes us hour by hour into ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Duel

    The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill & Hitler

    by John Lukacs ...
    This day-by-day account of the maneuvering between Britain and Germany in 1940 is "a wonderful story wonderfully told" (George F. Will, New York Times-bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner).During the late spring and early summer of 1940, Hitler was poised on the edge of absolute victory, having advanced rapidly through a large part of Europe—and Britain was threatened by imminent invasion ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Last European War

    September 1939/December 1941

    by John Lukacs ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    In this book, originally published in 1977, John Lukacs argues that the years 1939–41 were the decisive phase of the Second World War and The Last European War describes the history of an entire continent during these two years, one of the most crucial periods in Western civilization. Unorthodox in his approach, in this book, the author looks critically at many of the myths, military and political ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Democracy and Populism

    by John Lukacs ...

    $14.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Duel

    by John Lukacs ...
    Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 39 min

    One is poised on the edge of victory, the other threatened by invasion and defeat yet holding on, his own life in the balance and also that of the free world.In his reconstruction of the 80 days from May 10 to July 31, 1940, the author shows just how close England came to losing the war. He paints Churchill as resolute, threatened from within and without, yet unshakably determined. And Hitler ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Five Days in London

    May 1940

    by John Lukacs ...
    Narrated by Ralph Cosham ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 25 min

    In the days between May 24 and 28, 1940, the British War Cabinet held a historic debate over whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war. In this magisterial book, John Lukacs demonstrates the decisive importance of these five days.Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical unfolding of events at 10 Downing Street, where Churchill, who had only been prime minister a fortnight, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • At the End of an Age

    by John Lukacs ...

    $24.99 USD

  • Refugee

    A True Story of Coming of Age in a War Zone

    by Lukacs John Varda, Dan Kwarcinski ...
    By the age of six, John Varda had already been twice a refugee. A member of the Hungarian Székely, traditionally thought to be descended from a son of Attila the Hun, his community was thrice relocated under treaty agreements as the countries of Eastern Europe jockeyed for territory, both through alliances and brute force. They were finally settled in Tolna County, Hungary, after World War II. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Five Days in London

    May 1940

    by John Lukacs ...
    Narrated by Aelred Rosser ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 30 min

    In May 1940, the course of history hung in the balance for five long days while Churchill's War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or continue opposition. In this compelling narrative, scholar and renowned author John Lukacs draws on memoirs and papers to convey the drama of those troubled times. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, regarded by many to be hotheaded, has only been in ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Legacy of the Second World War

    by John Lukacs ...

    $12.99 USD

  • History and the Human Condition

    A Historian's Pursuit of Knowledge

    by John Lukacs ...
    In a career spanning more than sixty-five years, John Lukacs has established himself as one of our most accomplished historians. Now, in the stimulating book History and the Human Condition, Lukacs offers his profound reflections on the very nature of history, the role of the historian, the limits of knowledge, and more.Guiding us on a quest for knowledge, Lukacs ranges far and wide over the past ... Read more

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