books by Richard Overy

books by Richard Overy

books:

Richard Overy

Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941-1945

Richard Overy

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998

Russia's War
`Russia's War' is a riveting, fact-filled history of the Russian experience in WW2. British historian, Richard Overy takes the reader first through the pre-war years in Soviet Russia, and continues with a chronological account of the war on the eastern front. This is a ...

Interrogations: The Nazi Elite in Allied Hands, 1945

Richard Overy

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002

Chilling, insightful
There has been much analysis of the deeds, motives and consequences of Germany's Nazis, some of it brilliant, some of it rubbish, much in between. But there is simply no substitute for their actual words. Thanks to the exhaustive interviews conducted by the allies ...

Why the Allies Won

Richard Overy

W. W. Norton & Company, 1997

Engaging and readable history of WWII
Others have offered good reviews of content here, and I'm not up to date on my sources and numbers so I can't critique the book on that front as many of the negative reviews do, so I will limit my review to my experience of it: It's a great read and I didn't want to ...

The Battle of Britain: The Myth and the Reality

Richard Overy

W. W. Norton & Company, 2002

The Battle of Britain -- from myth to reality
Anyone interested in the Battle of Britain in the summer and fall of 1940 should start with this book, probably the best concise analysis of an event that ranks high in legend but low in real meaning. It would be nice if all history could be introduced in ...

Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of the Battle of Britain

David Crook

Greenhill Books, 2006

The Best British Air Force Memoir of World War II
"Spitfire Pilot" remains the best British Air Force memoirs of World War II. Flight Lieutenant David Crook tells the story of the British Auxiliary Air Force's 609 Squadron, which shot down 100 German aircraft during the Battle of Britain, killing some 800 Luftwaffe ...

World War II Chronicle
Mark R. Peattie, Richard Overy, ...

Publications International, Ltd., 2007

Explore World War II through this lively, highly dramatic treatment of the war that changed the world. With more than 900 vivid images, essays, sidebars, a timeline, and eyewitness accounts, events like Pearl Harbor, The Allies strike back, and Hitler's Final Gamble will come to life.

The Road to War: Revised Edition

Richard Overy, Andrew Wheatcroft

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000

Exhaustive Overview of the Road to WW2
This book, written by one of today's most reputed historians of WW2, focuses on the years immediately preceding the war. Each chapter is devoted to one of the future belligerants and describes how they perceived the approaching crisis, what their objectives were, and ...

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Third Reich (Hist Atlas)

Richard Overy

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1997

Excellent and concise reference
I bought this book because I wanted to know about the actual mechanics of the Nazi government before and during WWII. This book contains a wealth of information in a very effective format. Each section is 2-4 pages with several maps and graphs, all clearly captioned, ...

The Air War: 1939-1945 (Potomac Books' Cornerstones of Military History series)

Richard Overy

Potomac Books Inc., 2005

A treat- and consider this in the author's background
Richard Overy became a major historian of WWII (see his magnum opus on Hitler & Stalin) and this one catches him early career. Bottom line is that its a treat to have someone of Overy's ability & stature tackle this subject. This is not the type of subject that would ...

The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia

Richard Overy

W. W. Norton & Company, 2004

Very Good
In recent times libertarians following Hayek have suggested that the regimes of Hitler and Stalin were two sides of the same coin. Overy who has written a very good book on the reason why the allies won the Second World War examines the two regimes. One of the ...

Hap Arnold and the Evolution of American Airpower

Dik Alan Daso Richard Overy

Smithsonian Books, 2000

Five Stars for a Five Starer
General of the Air Force Henry "Hap" Arnold is probably the least known of the great World War II leaders. Very few people outside of the U.S. Air Force have probably every heard of him. This lack of recognition is sad, because Arnold made important contributions to ...

The Nemesis of Power

Sir John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett, Richard Overy

Palgrave Macmillan, 1968

THE book to read on the German army in the inter-war period
I was privileged to know and study under Sir John Wheeler-Bennett in the last six years of his life, when he taught at New York University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He was a charming, courtly, witty and brilliant man, a thoroughly-trained historian and ...

The Times Complete History of the World

Richard Overy

Barnes & Noble Books, 2004

From A to Z indeed!
This admirable volume covers the entire span of human history from human origins circa 5 million years ago to global economy and environment in 2000. From Abbas the Great to the Zyrians, this book has it all. This is a sixth edition published in 2004.It is nearly ...

THE BATTLE: SUMMER 1940 (PENGUIN HISTORY)
RICHARD OVERY

PENGUIN BOOKS LTD, 2000

Collins Atlas of 20th Century History
Richard Overy

Collins, 2006

A single-volume reference to answer all your questions about history's most complex century. The 20th century was a time of massive political upheaval and rapid transition that included the Age of Imperialism, Lenin, the First World War, the rise of Hitler, the Second World War, decolonization, the founding of the United Nations, the collapse ...