John N. Westwood Boeken

Book by Westwood, J. N

Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor, Midway, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, Okinawa

A chronicle of the war between Russia and Nazi Germany, reconstructing the conflict from Hitler's invasion of Soviet soil to the final retreat and the fall of Berlin.

Accounts of the warships and naval operations of WWII.

This beautifully illustrated book re-captures the nostalgia of steam in its hey-day and traces its development from the early years of the Stephensons and The Rainhill Trials to the present age of railway preservation.

In Russia, both rulers and ruled long endeavoured to transform their country, each in their own forcible way. Their efforts never quite seemed to bring the results hoped for, and despite reform and revolution some things changed very little. This book sets out to relate Russian tradition and circumstances to the events of history and to encourage readers to seek their own explanation of the country's paradox.For this fifth edition of Endurance and Endeavour J. N. Westwood has completely revised the text and bibliography to incorporate recent research and findings from formerly closed archives, and has added a new chapter covering the Yeltsin years.

Written by a highly experienced military author and fully updated to include Operation Iraqi Freedom, The History of the War in the Middle East is an important and fascinating overview of the persistent and dangerous unrest in the region since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. Contents: Israel's first war -- Uneasy truce -- Suez and Sinai 1956 -- Regrouping and rearmament -- The six day war -- Confrontation and attrition -- The October war 1973 -- Crises in the Lebanon -- Israel in difficulty -- The first Gulf war -- The second Gulf War -- New kinds of conflict.

The dawn of an era - Steam across North America - The steam age in Europe - Steam in Asia and Australasia - Articulated locomotives - Steam revived - Passenger trains after steam - Freight trains after steam.

The railroads of today are very different than those of 150 years ago. This book demonstrates in text and pictures the great changes that have taken place.