World history 50 things you really need to know by Crofton, Ian

Table of Contents: “…The 20th Century and after : The First World War -- Lenin and Stalin -- The shadow of Fascism -- The Great Depression -- The Second World War: Euorpe -- The Second World War: Asia and the Pacific -- The Holocaust -- The Cold War -- The end of empire -- The Vietnam War -- The Arab-Israeli conflict -- The fall of communism -- The resurgence of China -- 9/11 and after.…”

Time to kill the soldier's experience of war in the West, 1939-1945

Table of Contents: “…Craig -- 'T̓was England bade our wild geese go' : soldiers of Ireland in the Second World War / Ian S. Wood -- 'If I fight for them, maybe then I can go back to the village' : African soldiers in the Mediterranean and European campaigns, 1939-45 / David Killingray -- 'Matters of honour' : Indian troops in the North African and Italian theatres / Gerald Douds -- Mr Wu and the colonials : the British Empire's evacuation from Crete, 1941 / Angus Calder -- 'If this war isn't over, and pretty damn soon, there'll be nobody left, in this old platoon ... ' : First Canadian Army, February-March 1945 / Terry Copp -- 'No taste for the fight'? …”