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World War Two: A Short History
by Norman Stone

Ashley Jackson commends a masterful - and concise - account of the horrific sprawl of the Second World War

The Making of the First World War
by Ian FW Beckett

Gary Sheffield considers an examination of the causes and consequences of the First World War through a series of key moments

Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying
by Sönke Neitzel and Harald Welzer

Roger Moorhouse recommends a study of the secretly recorded conversations of Second World War Axis PoWs

A Small Town Near Auschwitz: Ordinary Nazis and the Holocaust
by Mary Fulbrook

Dan Stone considers an account exploring the role of a civil servant in the Holocaust, and the issues raised by his relationship to the author

The Fighting Irish: The Story of the Extraordinary Irish Soldier
by Tim Newark

Neil Hegarty applauds a military history infused with personal narratives

Five Days That Shocked the World
by Nicholas Best

An excellent read is marred by factual errors, says Roger Moorhouse

The Nazi, the Painter and the Forgotten Story of the SS Road
by GH Bennett

Roger Moorhouse commends an investigation into a disturbing film that highlights SS atrocities

Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
by Michael Korda

Denis Judd enjoys a biography of the desert warrior

Burma 1942: The Road from Rangoon to Mandalay
by Alan Warren

Ashley Jackson welcomes an ‘old school’ military history of the Japanese conquest of Burma in the Second World War

Holocaust
by Peter Longerich

Roger Moorhouse on an important, scholarly account of the Nazi genocide