An enthusiastic and hugely entertaining book by Geoff Dyer invites a reappraisal of the iconic war film starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood, and the novel by Alistair MacLean
The British historian, who has announced a work on the Battle of Britain and predicts a war in the Baltic, devotes his new book to the role of the Siberian holy man in the collapse of the Romanov Russian empire
The scholar has published ‘Brothers in Arms,’ tracking the campaign of a British armored regiment throughout World War II
French researcher Olivier Wieviorka has published ‘The Total History of the Second World War’ on the 80th anniversary of the end of the conflict
In ‘Operation Biting,’ Max Hastings narrates a daring action by British special forces that could have come from the pen of Alistair MacLean, the author of ‘Where Eagles Dare’
There are still too many unanswered questions, many aspects to be studied, and deep taboos surrounding the most devastating conflict in history