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In the heart of Lambeth, London, as the year 1945 was drawing to a close, a child named Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings was born into a world still reeling from…
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A narrative history of the Korean War by bestselling author Sir Max Hastings
‘I would choose this account over and above the rest. It is a fabulous book: full of perceptive insight that conveys all the tragedy, triumph, humour and intense drama of…
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Sir Max Hugh Hastings, born in 1945, is a prominent British figure renowned for his multifaceted career as a journalist, military historian, editor, and prolific author. He boasts a diverse…
Originally published as Chastise in Great Britain in 2019 by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers –title page verso.
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The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the…
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'A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle ... Compelling' Daily Mail 'An unmissable read' Sunday Times
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Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably the most successful.
In this enthralling history, internationally bestselling author Max Hastings recounts the odds-defying Operation Biting, a 1942 parachute commando raid on Northern France to steal vital components of German intelligence--one of…
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER “His masterpiece’ Antony Beevor, Spectator "A masterful performance’ Sunday Times "By far the best book on the Vietnam War’ Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the…
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Acclaimed historian Sir Max Hastings' masterly account of the D-Day landings in 1944, as the Allies battled to take control of Normandy from the German army.
Editor: A Memoir by Max Hastings is the definitive inside story of newspapers.
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The Battle for the Falklands is a vivid chronicle of the political decision-making and military strategy during the Falklands conflict.
The stunning bestseller from one of Britain’s most highly regarded military historians.
Going to the Wars is a personal account of being a journalist on the front line, written by one of the greatest war reporters of the 20th century.
From the best-selling author of All Hell Let Loose comes a masterly chronicle of one of the most devastating international conflicts of the 20th century and how its people were…
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Heroism in battle has been celebrated throughout history, yet it is one of the least understood virtues. What makes some men and women perform extraordinary deeds on the battlefield? What…
A history of the outbreak of World War I, from the breakdown of diplomacy to the dramatic battles that occurred before the war bogged down in the trenches.
[The author] Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operation Pedestal, the British action to save its troops from starvation on Malta–an action-packed tale…
Packed with tales of the heroic, comic, eccentric, and tragic, this collection fully captures the flavour of barrack life and enlists the reader on campaigns as distant in time as…
From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States…
An exhilarating and uplifting account of the lives of sixteen ‘warriors’ from the last three centuries, hand-picked for their bravery or extraordinary military experience by the eminent military historian, author…
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings.
The Sunday Times bestseller ‘One of the most dramatic forgotten chapters of the war, as told in a new book by the incomparable Max Hastings’ DAILY MAIL
‘A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle … Compelling’ Daily Mail ‘An unmissable read’ Sunday Times
Bomber Command is Max Hasting’s in-depth account of the RAF’s bombing offensive, one the most controversial struggles of the Second World War.
A companion volume to his bestselling ‘Armageddon’, Max Hastings’ account of the battle for Japan is a masterful military history.
The Amazon History Book of the Year 2013 is a magisterial chronicle of the calamity that befell Europe in 1914 as the continent shifted from the glamour of the Edwardian…
An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times-bestselling author of The Secret War.
Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tense international events in modern history–the Cuban Missile Crisis–providing a people-focused narrative that explores the…
Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tense international events in modern history--the Cuban Missile Crisis--providing a people-focused narrative that explores the…
The companion volume to acclaimed military historian Hastings’ critically praised Armageddon, which told the story of the final year of the war against the Nazis, Retribution focuses on the Pacific…
A graphic and memorable account of World War Two by Max Hastings, one of Britain’s leading historians, from the invasion of Poland to the final surrender of Japan.
Originally published as: All hell let loose. London: HarperPress, 2011.
The author has scoured the archives of the major combatants and interviewed many survivors to create an unprecedented understanding of the events and their impact for this rousing and revealing…
An eye-level view of mortal danger set against a major inflection point during World War II. – Wall Street Journal
Now in paperback, renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of…
A magisterial history of the greatest and most terrible event in history, from one of the finest historians of the Second World War. A book which shows the impact of…
‘As gripping as any spy thriller, Hastings’s achievement is especially impressive, for he has produced the best single volume yet written on the subject’ Sunday Times ‘Authoritative, exciting and notably…
A vivid and incisive portrait of Winston Churchill during wartime, Winston’s War captures the full range of Churchill’s endlessly fascinating character.
Sir Max Hastings
Originally published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2013 as: Catastrophe.
First published in a different form in the United Kingdom in 2015 by William Collins –Title page verso.
An examination of one of the most important yet underexplored aspects of World War II–intelligence–shows how espionage successes and failures by the United States, Britain, Russia, Gemany, and Japan influenced…
An examination of one of the most important yet underexplored aspects of World War II–intelligence–shows how espionage successes and failures by the United States, Britain, Russia, Germany, and Japan influenced…
