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Archeology of destruction
Investigations at sobibór
2024 || Paperback || Martijn Eickhof e.a. || Uitgeverij WBOOKS
Holocaust, erfgoed en herinnering
Archeologen, historici, kunsthistorici en erfgoedspecialisten bestuderen in dit boek de archeologie van Sobibor.
Tussen 2000 en 2017 voerden archeologen meerdere onderzoek-campagnes uit op het terrein van het voormalig vernietigingskamp Sobibor. De directe aanleiding voor dit onderzoek waren de plannen voor de bouw van een nieuw museum en de herinrichting van het terrein als herinneringsplek. Sobibor geldt als het eerste vernietigingskamp waarvan een substant...
I could tell the story
Life before and survival during the Burma Railway 1940/49
2024 || Paperback || Loot18 || Loot18
I could tell the story - life and survival - 1940/49 (a time document - original title “Ik kon het navertellen”) The true story of Major 'Jan Hanssen' takes place in the period 1940-1949 before and during the Second World War in Asia (Dutch East Indies, Burma and Siam ). Major 'Hanssen', as a Dutch K.N.I.L. officer, documents his experiences as commander of an internment camp; being interned himself at the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe; the Japanese occupation of the Dutch E...
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Out of the blue
A Nuclear Attack on the Netherlands During the Cold War And the Consequences for the Rest of the World
2024 || Paperback || J. Windt || Brave New Books
In "Out of the blue", a scenario is sketched in which the Warsaw Pact unexpectedly invades the North German plain with the aim of reaching the North Sea coast with a conventional attack. The attack stalled and the Warsaw Pact resorted to a nuclear weapon to force a breakthrough, causing a nuclear explosion over the city of Utrecht. There is an appropriate response from the Western side, followed by summit talks between world leaders via the red telephone, which is unsatisfactory. It brings ab...
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Al-Qaeda 2.0
The upcoming Attack on the United States and Europe Unveiled
2024 || Paperback || William Archer || Brave New Books || met inkijkexemplaar
Under new leadership, Al-Qaeda has not only rebuilt its network but has also expanded its influence and orchestrated a plot that threatens to inflict casualties on a scale ten times greater than 9/11. From the catastrophic fall of Kabul to a sprawling web of covert operations, each chapter reveals the calculated moves by jihadists to bring terror to the streets of America and Europe.
Behind the scenes, the dedicated professionals from the Transatlantic Intelligence Consortium have worked tire...
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Our Enemies will Vanish
the Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence
2024 || Paperback || Yaroslav Trofimov || Michael Joseph
A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian resistance by Pulitzer Prize finalist Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.
‘Reads like a great novel’ SEBASTIAN JUNGER
‘An instant classic’ STEVE COLL
‘An essential first draft’ ANNE APPLEBAUM
‘Essential reading’ CLARISSA WARD
‘Outstanding’ PETER FRANKOPAN
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Yaroslav Trofimov has...
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Our Enemies will Vanish (Heruitgave)
2024 || Paperback || Yaroslav Trofimov || Penguin
THE COMPELLING ACCOUNT FROM THE FRONT LINES OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE
A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian resistance by Pulitzer Prize finalist Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.
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‘A stunning work of eyewitness reportage and literary nuance. Clear-eyed, memorable. An instant classic’ STEVE COLL, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Ghost Wars
‘Brilliant and stirring. By layering d...
November 1942 (Heruitgave)
an Intimate History of the Turning Point of the Second World War
2024 || Paperback || Peter Englund || Vintage UK
A Telegraph Best History Book of 2023*'An astonishing achievement' ANTONY BEEVORAn intimate history of the most important month of the Second World War as experienced by those who lived through it, completely based on their diaries, letters and memoirs. At the beginning of November 1942, it looked as if the Axis powers could win the war; at the end of that month, it was obviously just a matter of time before they would lose. In between came el-Alamein, Guadalcanal, the French North Africa lan...