Blood and Ruins

  • Blood and Ruins: The Great Imperial War, 1931-1945
    By Richard Overy

    'Overy has written many fine books, but Blood and Ruins is his masterpiece. It puts all previous single-volume works of the conflict in the shade' Saul David, The Times 'This book is Richard Overy's magnum opus .

  • Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945
    By Richard Overy

    Blood and Ruins is a masterpiece from of one of the most renowned historians of the Second World War, which will compel us to view the war in novel and unfamiliar ways.

  • Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945
    By Richard Overy

    “Monumental… [A] vast and detailed study that is surely the finest single-volume history of World War II. Richard Overy has given us a powerful reminder of the horror of war and the threat posed by dictators with dreams of empire.” ...

  • Blood and Ruins: The Great Imperial War, 1931-1945
    By Richard Overy

    Blood and Ruins is a masterpiece from of one of the most renowned historians of the Second World War, which will compel us to view the war in novel and unfamiliar ways.

  • Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945
    By Richard Overy

    ... Bloody Triangle , 21-5 . 121. Roberts , Planning for War ' , 1307 ; Chor'kov , ' Red Army ' , 416 ; R. Stolfi , Hitler's Panzers East : World War II Reinterpreted ( Norman , Okla , 1991 ) , 88- 122. James Lucas , War on the Eastern ...