User:Kierzek/Library

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This is a work in progress listing most of the books in my library, at present:

World War II

Ambrose, Stephen (1994). D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0671673343.
Beevor, Antony (1998). Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943. Viking. ISBN 978-0670870950.
— (2002). Berlin – The Downfall 1945. Viking-Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-670-03041-5.
— (2009). D-Day, The Battle for Normandy. Viking Books. ISBN 978-0670021192.
Chamberlain, Peter; Doyle, Hilary (1999). Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two: The Complete Illustrated Dictionary of German Battle Tanks, Armoured Cars, Self-Propelled Guns and Semi-Track. Cassell. ISBN 978-1854095183.
Dallek, Robert (1995). Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932-1945. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195097320.
Dollinger, Hans (1967) [1965]. The Decline and Fall of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. New York: Bonanza Books. ISBN 978-0517013137.
Donovan, Robert J. (2001) [1961]. PT-109: John F. Kennedy in WW II (40th Anniversary ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-137643-3.
Estes, Kenneth (2014). Super-heavy Tanks of World War II. Osprey. ISBN 978-1782003830.
Evans, Richard J. (2009) [2008]. The Third Reich at War. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-1594202063.
Glantz, David M. (1995). When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0700607174.
Hamilton, A. Stephan (2020) [2008]. Bloody Streets: The Soviet Assault on Berlin, April 1945. Helion & Co. ISBN 978-1912866137.
Hara, Tomio (1972). Japanese Medium Tanks. AFV Weapons Profiles No. 49. Profile Publications Limited.
— (1973). Japanese Combat Cars, Light Tanks, and Tankettes. AFV Weapons Profile No. 54. Profile Publications Limited.
Haskew, Michael (2011). The Wehrmacht. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-907446-95-5.
Hill, Alexander (2016). The Red Army and the Second World War. UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1107020795.
Jackson, Julian (2001). France: The Dark Years, 1940–1944. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198207061.
Krivosheev, G. F. (1997). Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses in the Twentieth Century. Greenhill Books. ISBN 1853672807.
McCormack, David (2021). Japanese Tanks and Armoured Warfare 1932–45. Fonthill. ISBN 978-1-78155-810-2.
McNab, Chris (2013). Hitler's Elite: The SS 1939–45. Osprey. ISBN 978-1-78200-088-4.
— (2014). Hitler's Fortresses: German Fortifications and Defences 1939-45. Oxford; New York: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78200-828-6.
Moody, James L. (1976). Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Volume VI. Defense Dept., Navy, Naval History Division. ASIN B000LSZO5W.
Ness, Leland (2014). Rikugun: Guide to Japanese Ground Forces, 1937-1945. Volume 2, Weapons of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Force. Helion and Company. ISBN 978-1909982758.
Prange, Gordon (2008) [1982]. Miracle at Midway. MJF Books. ISBN 978-1567318951.
— (1991) [1988]. Dec. 7, 1941: The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor. Random House. ISBN 0517066580.
Roland, Paul (1975). Imperial Japanese Tanks. Bellona Publication. ISBN 978-0852424346.
Rottman, Gordon L.; Takizawa, Akira (2008). World War II Japanese Tank Tactics. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1846032349.
Spector, Ronald (1985). Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan, Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0394741017.
Stein, George (2002) [1966]. The Waffen-SS: Hitler's Elite Guard at War 1939–1945. Cerberus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1841451008.

This classic work is "especially" recommended for the war-time history of the Waffen-SS. Wegner, Bernd (1990). The Waffen-SS: Organization, Ideology and Function, p. 4.

Stille, Mark (2014). The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1472801463.
Taki's Imperial Japanese Army Page (Takizawa, Akira)

This website is good for its "extensive coverage of Japanese tanks and tank history". Zaloga, Steven (2007). Japanese Tanks 1939–45, p. 43.

Tomczyk, Andrzej (2002). Japanese Armor Vol. 1. AJ Press. ISBN 83-7237-097-4.
— (2007) [2002]. Japanese Armor Vol. 2. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371119.
— (2003). Japanese Armor Vol. 3. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371287.
— (2005). Japanese Armor Vol. 4. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371676.
— (2007). Japanese Armor Vol. 5. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371799.

This multi-volume series by Andrzej Tomczyk is "the best recent source..." Zaloga, Steven (2007). Japanese Tanks 1939–45, p. 43.

Wegner, Bernd (1990). The Waffen-SS: Organization, Ideology and Function. Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-14073-5.
Zaloga, Steven J. (2007). Japanese Tanks 1939–45. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-8460-3091-8.
— (2012). M4 Sherman vs Type 97 Chi-Ha: The Pacific 1945. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1849086387.
— (2024). Tanks in the Philippines 1944–45: The biggest armored clashes of the Pacific War. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1472859402.

Nazi Party & Nazi Germany

Angolia, John (1987). For Führer and Fatherland: Military Awards of the Third Reich. R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 0912138149.
— (1989). For Führer and Fatherland: Political & Civil Awards of the Third Reich. R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-0912138169.
Brisard, Jean-Christophe and Parshina, Lana (2018). The Death of Hitler. Boston: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0306922589.
Browder, George C. (1996). Hitler's Enforcers: The Gestapo and the SS Security Service in the Nazi Revolution. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19510-479-0.
— (2004) [1990]. Foundations of the Nazi Police State: The Formation of Sipo and SD. The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-81319-111-9.
Childers, Thomas (2017). The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-45165-113-3.
Cook, Stan; Bender, Roger James (1994). Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler: Uniforms, Organization, & History. San Jose, CA: R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-0-912138-55-8.
Daly-Groves, Luke (2019). Hitler's Death: The Case Against Conspiracy. Oxford, UK: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-4728-3454-6.
de Boer, Sjoerd (2021). Escaping Hitler's Bunker: The Fate of the Third Reich Leaders. Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1-52679-269-3.
— (2022). The Hitler Myths: Exposing the Truth Behind the Stories about the Führer. Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1-39901-905-7.
Eberle, Henrik; Uhl, Matthias, eds. (2005). The Hitler Book: The Secret Dossier Prepared for Stalin from the Interrogations of Hitler's Personal Aides. New York: Public Affairs. ISBN 978-1-58648-366-1.
Evans, Richard J. (2003). The Coming of the Third Reich. Penguin Group. ISBN 978-0-14-303469-8.
— (2005). The Third Reich in Power. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-303790-3.
— (2009) [2008]. The Third Reich at War. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-1594202063.
— (2020). The Hitler Conspiracies. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0190083052.
Felton, Mark (2014). Guarding Hitler: The Secret World of the Führer. London: Pen and Sword Military. ISBN 978-1-78159-305-9.
Flaherty, T. H. (2004) [1988]. The Third Reich: The SS. Time-Life Books, Inc. ISBN 1-84447-073-3.
Galante, Pierre; Silianoff, Eugene (1989). Voices From the Bunker. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN 978-0-3991-3404-3.
Gerwarth, Robert (2011). Hitler's Hangman: The Life of Heydrich. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11575-8.
Hamilton, A. Stephan (2020) [2008]. Bloody Streets: The Soviet Assault on Berlin, April 1945. Helion & Co. ISBN 978-1912866137.
Hamilton, Charles (1984). Leaders & Personalities of the Third Reich, Vol. 1. R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 0-912138-27-0.
— (1996). Leaders & Personalities of the Third Reich, Vol. 2. R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 0-912138-66-1.
Haskew, Michael (2011). The Wehrmacht. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-907446-95-5.
Hoffmann, Peter (2000) [1979]. Hitler's Personal Security: Protecting the Führer 1921-1945. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-30680-947-7.
Joachimsthaler, Anton (1999) [1995]. The Last Days of Hitler: The Legends, The Evidence, The Truth. Brockhampton Press. ISBN 978-1860199028.
Kellerhoff, Sven (2004). The Führer Bunker. Berlin: Berlin Story Verlag. ISBN 978-3-929829-23-5.
Kershaw, Ian (1999) [1998]. Hitler: 1889–1936: Hubris. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-04671-7.
— (2000). Hitler, 1936–1945: Nemesis. New York; London: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0393049947.
— (2008). Hitler: A Biography. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-06757-6.
Lang, Jochen von (1981) [1979]. The Secretary. Martin Bormann: The Man Who Manipulated Hitler. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0821406151.
Lehrer, Steven (2006). The Reich Chancellery and Führerbunker Complex. An Illustrated History of the Seat of the Nazi Regime. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-2393-4.
Linge, Heinz (2009). With Hitler to the End. Frontline Books–Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60239-804-7.
Littlejohn, David (1987). Foreign Legions of the Third Reich Vol. 1 Norway, Denmark, France. Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-0912138176.
Longerich, Peter (2010). Holocaust: The Nazi Persecution and Murder of the Jews. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280436-5.
— (2012). Heinrich Himmler: A Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-199-59232-6.
— (2015). Goebbels: A Biography. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1400067510.
Manvell, Roger; Fraenkel, Heinrich (1987) [1965]. Heinrich Himmler. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85367-740-3.
McNab, Chris (2009). The SS: 1923–1945. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-906626-49-5.
— (2009). The Third Reich. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-906626-51-8.
Miller, Michael (2006). Leaders of the SS and German Police, Vol. 1. R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-93-297-0037-2.
Miller, Michael (2015). Leaders of the SS and German Police, Vol. 2. San Jose, CA: R. James Bender. ISBN 978-19-329-7025-8.
Mollo, Andrew (1988). Ramsey, Winston (ed.). "The Berlin Führerbunker: The Thirteenth Hole". After the Battle (61). London: Battle of Britain International.
O'Donnell, James P. (1978). The Bunker. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-395-25719-7.
Snyder, Louis (1994) [1976]. Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-1-56924-917-8.
Villatoux, Paul; Aiolfi, Xavier (2020). The Final Archives of the Führerbunker: Berlin in 1945, the Chancellery and the Last Days of Hitler. Casemate. ISBN 978-1-61200-904-9.
Ullrich, Volker (2021) [2020]. Hitler: Downfall 1939−1945. Vintage. ISBN 978-1101872062.
Weale, Adrian (2012). Army of Evil: A History of the SS. New York; Toronto: NAL Caliber (Penguin Group). ISBN 978-0-451-23791-0.
Zentner, Christian; Bedürftig, Friedemann (1997) [1991]. The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-3068079-3-0.

Tanks, self-propelled artillery and other armoured fighting vehicles of Imperial Japan

Estes, Kenneth (2014). Super-heavy Tanks of World War II. Osprey. ISBN 978-1782003830.
Hara, Tomio (1972). Japanese Medium Tanks. AFV Weapons Profiles No. 49. Profile Publications Limited.
— (1973). Japanese Combat Cars, Light Tanks, and Tankettes. AFV Weapons Profile No. 54. Profile Publications Limited.
McCormack, David (2021). Japanese Tanks and Armoured Warfare 1932–45. Fonthill. ISBN 978-1-78155-810-2.
Ness, Leland (2014). Rikugun: Guide to Japanese Ground Forces, 1937-1945. Volume 2, Weapons of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Force. Helion and Company. ISBN 978-1909982758.
Roland, Paul (1975). Imperial Japanese Tanks. Bellona Publication. ISBN 978-0852424346.
Rottman, Gordon L.; Takizawa, Akira (2008). World War II Japanese Tank Tactics. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1846032349.
Taki's Imperial Japanese Army Page (Takizawa, Akira)
Tomczyk, Andrzej (2002). Japanese Armor Vol. 1. AJ Press. ISBN 83-7237-097-4.
— (2007) [2002]. Japanese Armor Vol. 2. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371119.
— (2003). Japanese Armor Vol. 3. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371287.
— (2005). Japanese Armor Vol. 4. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371676.
— (2007). Japanese Armor Vol. 5. AJ Press. ISBN 978-8372371799.
Zaloga, Steven J. (2007). Japanese Tanks 1939–45. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-8460-3091-8.
— (2012). M4 Sherman vs Type 97 Chi-Ha: The Pacific 1945. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1849086387.
— (2024). Tanks in the Philippines 1944–45: The biggest armored clashes of the Pacific War. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1472859402.

John F. Kennedy & Robert F. Kennedy

Ballard, Robert D. (2002). Collision With History: The Search for John F. Kennedy's PT 109. Washington, DC: National Geographic. ISBN 978-0-7922-6876-5.
Clarke, Thurston (2013). JFK's Last Hundred Days. Penguin Press HC. ISBN 978-1-594-20425-8.
Cohen, Andrew (2016) [2014]. Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours That Changed History. Oxford, England: Signal. ISBN 978-0771023897.
Dallek, Robert (2003). An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917–1963. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co. ISBN 978-0-316-17238-7.
Donovan, Robert J. (2001) [1961]. PT-109: John F. Kennedy in WW II (40th Anniversary ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-137643-3.
Doyle, William (2015). PT-109: An American Epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy. New York City: Harper-Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-234658-2.
Karnow, Stanley (1991). Vietnam, A History. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-670-74604-0.
Matthews, Chris (2011). Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4516-3508-9.
Matthews, Chris (2017). Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1501111860.
Reeves, Richard (1993). President Kennedy: Profile of Power. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-64879-4.
Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr (2002) [1965]. A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. Mariner Books. ISBN 978-0-618-21927-8. Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and National Book Award winner.
— (2002) [1978]. Robert Kennedy And His Times. Mariner Books. ISBN 978-0618219285. National Book Award winner.
Tye, Larry (2016). Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon. Random House. ISBN 978-0812993349.

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