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The
Bombers
A history of the bomber from its emergence in dedicated form in World
War 1 to the late 20th century. The Bombers is not only about
the machines of war but is also an account of the men who designed and
flew them, the fighter pilots whose business it was to shoot them down
and the civilians whom the advent of the bomber thrust into the front
line of warfare.
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VE
Day
A panoramic picture of the closing days of World War 2 seen through the
eyes of soldiers and civilians across the world, VE Day
captures the mood of elation, exhaustion and despair which
followed the years of global conflict. A UK Top-Ten best seller.
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We’ll
Meet Again (with Dame Vera Lynn)
A personal and social history of World War 2 which explains much about
the British Home Front to those too young to remember and at the same
time exercises a strong nostalgic appeal to an older generation who will
never forget. A Number One Best-Seller.
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Unsung
Heroines (with Dame Vera Lynn and Jenny de Gex)
An anecdotal examination of the massive contribution to victory made by
women in Europe and the Far East. From the factories and fields of
embattled Britain to Japaneses detention camps in the Far East, Unsung
Heroines celebrates the courage of
ordinary women caught up in extraordinary times.
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Citadel:
The Battle of
Kursk
An account of the greatest armoured clash in history and the decisive
battle, in the West, of World War 2. This was the battle that Adolf
Hitler confessed made “his stomach turn over”. Citadel provides a
detailed picture of the battle, from the strategic tug-of-war within the
German and Soviet high commands in the agonising months which preceded
the offensive to the first-hand experiences of the troops on the ground
and the airmen flying over the blazing steppe as the battle reached
furnace heat. Now
republished as a Penguin Military Classic.
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Fallen
Eagle: The Last Days of the Third Reich
The
story of how the eagle was finally toppled from the roof of the Berlin
Chancellery and how the Russian bear stretched out a massive paw to
clutch a Europe laid waste by five years of war.
Both
Citadel and Fallen Eagle have been published in several foreign
editions, including, US, Czech, Japanese, and Russian.
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The
Battle of the Bulge - Hitler's Last Hope
In
December 1944, the German Army launched an attack through the Ardennes
forest that aimed to seize the port of Antwerp and cut the allied supply
lines, hoping to force the Western Allies either to delay their advance
on Berlin or agree to a peace settlement. The Battle of the Bulge:
Hitlers Last Hope is a comprehensive history of Germany's last
offensive in the West in World War 2, the failure of which undoubtedly
hastened the end of the war.
Published in November 2002
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The
Yom Kippur War - 1973 - Volume 2 of 2
Written by Simon Dunstan, Consultant Robin Cross
Robin
has worked as the consultant on many books, notably the first
of Simon Dunstan's two-volume history of the Yom Kippur War which was
published in 2003.
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World
War 2 (with Charles Messenger and H.P.Wilmott)
A comprehensive (319pp) illustrated history covering every aspect of the
conflict, from its origins to its aftermath (Dorling Kindersley, 2004)
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Hell
Hath No Fury (with Rosalind Miles)
A groundbreaking analysis of the role of women in warfare from the ancient
world to the present day, analysing key topics from Cleopatra and Celtic
warrior goddesses to modern war leaders like Golda Meir and Margaret
Thatcher, the part played by women in today's armed forces in both the
First and Third Worlds and the contemporary cult of the female suicide
bomber (Crown, 2007)
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In
Memoriam
Remembering The Great War was timed to coincide with the launching of a
major exhibition by the Imperial War Museum to mark the 90th anniversary
of the ending of the 1914 - 1918 War (Ebury, 2008)
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Hitler
(published in November 2009) is an incisive illustrated single-volume
biography of Adolf Hitler from his birth to the Berlin Bunker, which
comes with a 45-minute DVD written and directed by Robin Cross - "The
essential biography of one of the most paradoxical and dangerous
characters in the history of the modern age", Richard Overy
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Robin
Cross has also written many books on the history of cinema,
concentrating on Hollywood in its heyday and the history of British
films.
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The
Big Book of 'B' Movies Or How Low Was My Budget
An in-depth look at over 40 years of low-budget production, from the
very worst to the very best churned out by the B-hives on Hollywood’s
Poverty Row.
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The
Big Book of British Films
Detailed coverage of three crowded decades from the beginning of World
War 2 to the end of the Swinging Sixties, a journey which takes the
reader from The Arsenal Stadium Mystery to Performance.
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2000
movies - The 1940s
One of the most comprehensive visual histories of the Golden Years of
Hollywood. If you want to find out more about such classics as Six
Lessons from Madame La Zonga or Miss Mink of 1949, then this is the book
for you.
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2000
movies- The 1950s
A vivid visual record of ten turbulent years in which the face of
Hollywood changed for ever.
Robbie the Robot rubs shoulders with Mario
Lanza, Mamie Van Doren and Marlon Brando in a pictorial and pectoral
extravaganza.
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The
Life and Times of Charlie Chaplin (with Robyn Karney)
An examination of the life and art of one of the pillars of cinema.
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JFK:
A Hidden Life
A searching examination, in words and pictures, of the Kennedy legend.
Republished
by the Irish Independent in 2006.
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Curious
London
A guide to some of the more unusual, and unexpected, delights of the
British capital adapted and expanded from Robin’s long-running column
in The Sunday Express.
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The Silver
Lining : Britain in Colour , 1945 -1952.
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