Most Popular Books by Martin Gilbert

Captioned maps covering modern Arab-Israeli hostilities, indicating national strengths and policies, military movements and engagements, and changes in Middle East borders.

Tracing the world-wide migrations of the Jews from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Israel, this seventh edition spans over 4000 years of history in 140 maps. It presents a vivid picture of a fascinating people and the trials and tribulations which have haunted their story.

In 1928, Winston Churchill seemed to be at the very height of his career. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer and when he spoke in the House of Commons, MPs of every party flocked to hear his oratory. The leadership of the all-powerful Conservative party seemed within his grasp. A year later, however, all had changed. The Conservatives themselves were defeated, and out of office, Churchill found himself at odds with the leadership, especially over the future of India. When the National Government was formed in 1931, Churchill was not asked to join it. Thereafter, though out on his own, Churchill''s acute political sense, foresight and courage were undiminished. Fed with secret inside information by a small, brave band of men - some of them risking their careers to help him - Churchill consistently warned of the Nazi danger, even before the rise of Hitler. And once Hitler came to power, he stepped up his attacks on Britain''s failure to rearm. His message was belittled by the Government, which fought him at every turn, even refusing him the right to broadcast. But Churchill never gave up. Despite all the Government''s efforts, and as a result of Churchill''s courage and perseverance, the British public came to realize the truth of his warnings; the bond was formed that was to be so vital in the years that followed, when Britain and Churchill stood together, but alone.

The "important and engrossing" fifth volume of the official Churchill biography chronicles his visionary leadership in the tense years approaching WWII ( Foreign Affairs). This acclaimed biographical masterpiece opens with Winston S. Churchill''s return to Conservatism and to the cabinet in 1924. The narrative unfolds into a vivid and intimate picture of his public life as well as his private world at Chartwell between the wars. With ample access to Churchill''s private papers, Martin Gilbert strips away decades of accumulated myth and innuendo, showing the stateman''s true position on India, his precise role (and private thoughts) during the abdication of Edward VIII, his attitude toward Mussolini, and his profound fears for the future of European democracy. Even before Hitler came to power in Germany, Churchill saw the dangers of a Nazi victory. And despite the unpopularity of his views in official circles, he persevered for six years in sounding the alarm against fascism. This book reveals for the first time the extent senior civil servants, and even serving officers of high rank, came to Churchill with secret information, having despaired at the magnitude of official lethargy and obstruction. Within the Air Ministry, the Foreign Office, and the Intelligence Services, individuals felt drawn to provide Churchill with full disclosures of Britain''s defense weakness, keeping him informed of day-to-day developments from 1934 until the outbreak of war. People of all parties and in all walks of life recognized Churchill''s unique qualities and demanded his inclusion in the government, believing he alone could give a divided nation guidance and inspiration. "A milestone, a monument, a magisterial achievement . . . rightly regarded as the most comprehensive life ever written of any age." —Andrew Roberts, historian and author of The Storm of War "The most scholarly study of Churchill in war and peace ever written." —Herbert Mitgang, The New York Times

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This new and compelling fifth edition charts the changing story of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and covers political, social and economic history.

An atlas of Jewish history around the world.

By 1898 Jerusalem had been transformed into modern city in which six European Powers had each established their political presence, this the story of sixty turbulent years.

Martin Gilbert brings readers up to date in this rich historical narrative of the contradictory events of the last fifty years. Volume II ended in 1951, as the world recovered from World War II, and the nuclear threat increased. In this volume, Gilbert recalls the Cold War and communism--including McCarthyism, the Soviet and Warsaw Pact, the Berlin Wall--and the wars, from Korea to Vietnam to Bosnia. He moves from Poland''s Solidarity Movement to Ireland''s Bloody Sunday, from Pol Pot and his killing fields to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Mao began a cultural revolution, Martin Luther King, Jr. and John F. Kennedy were assassinated, and Beijing''s Tiananamen Square shocked the world. Technology and medicine advanced in leaps and bounds as the society struggled to catch up. Art, literature, and music, as well as epidemics and natural disasters, all have their place here. Many of the events are described through the words of those who were present. As in the previous two volumes, Gilbert creates a vivid picture through a wide array of sources. The result is extraordinary.

"Every map, with its accompanying notes, is almost a chapter of history in itself....General readers as well as history students will value the atlas for its meticulously detailed information."-- Times Educational Supplement This outstanding historical atlas from Martin Gilbert offers a definitive visual history of World War I. In 164 finely detailed, easy-to-read maps, it covers the origins of the war, the quarrels of the great European powers and the mobilization of 1914, plus the major battles and all the individual campaigns--including the war at sea and in the air--putting them in the wider context of strategy. Beyond its thorough and precise military coverage, the atlas also explores the diplomatic, economic, and social aspects of the conflict, and many of the maps--such as a map of German food riots in 1916, a state-by-state map of opposition to the war in the United States in April, 1917, or a map analyzing India''s manpower contribution to war--have put together normally scattered and diverse information with exceptional clarity. A final section of maps explores the political, economic, and human aftermath of the war. This fully revised Second Edition of The Atlas of World War I features new maps, including maps that detail the creation of Yugoslavia, and the Leipzig War Crimes Trials, and a map analyzing the manpower contribution of American soldiers, state-by-state.

Deftly weaving together historical research and survivors'' testimonies, "The Holcaust "is Gilbert''s acclaimed and definitive history of the European Jews, fom Hitler''s rise to power to Germany''s surrender to the liberation of the prisoners of the concentration camps.

The much-anticipated third volume of Churchill''s fascinating papers.

A moment-by-moment, place-by-place account of the day the German High Command surrendered to the Allies, as seen by soldiers, civilians, statesmen, and war criminals, links each event to its long-term consequences. 25,000 first printing.