The epic, untold story of China’s devastating eight-year war of resistance against Japan
For decades, a major piece of World War II history has gone virtually unwritten. The war began in China, two years before Hitler invaded Poland, and China eventually became the fourth great ally, partner to the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain. Yet its drama of invasion, resistance, slaughter, and political intrigue remains little known in the West.
Rana Mitter focuses his gripping narrative on three towering leaders: Chiang Kai-shek, the politically gifted but tragically flawed head of China’s Nationalist government; Mao Zedong, the Communists’ fiery ideological stalwart, seen here at the beginning of his epochal career; and the lesser-known Wang Jingwei, who collaborated with the Japanese to form a puppet state in occupied China. Drawing on Chinese archives that have only been unsealed in the past ten years, he brings to vivid new life such characters as Chiang’s American chief of staff, the unforgettable “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell, and such horrific events as the Rape of Nanking and the bombing of China’s wartime capital, Chongqing. Throughout, Forgotten Ally shows how the Chinese people played an essential role in the wider war effort, at great political and personal sacrifice.
Forgotten Ally rewrites the entire history of World War II. Yet it also offers surprising insights into contemporary China. No twentieth-century event was as crucial in shaping China’s worldview, and no one can understand China, and its relationship with America today, without this definitive work.

“Enigma’s ‘forgotten genius’ . . . [the] story of Alan Turing’s spymaster boss who led the team that cracked Hitler’s WWII codes.” —Daily Mail
The Official Secrets Act and the passing of time have prevented the Bletchley Park story from being told by many of its key participants. Here at last is a book that allows some of them to speak for the first time. Gordon Welchman was one of the Park’s most important figures. Like Alan Turing, his pioneering work was fundamental to the success of Bletchley Park and helped pave the way for the birth of the digital age. Yet, his story is largely unknown to many. His book, The Hut Six Story, was the first to reveal not only how they broke the codes, but how it was done on an industrial scale. Its publication created such a stir in GCHQ and the NSA that Welchman was forbidden to discuss the book or his wartime work with the media.
In order to finally set the record straight, Bletchley Park historian and tour guide Joel Greenberg has drawn on Welchman’s personal papers and correspondence with wartime colleagues that lay undisturbed in his son’s loft for many years. Packed with fascinating new insights, including Welchman’s thoughts on key Bletchley figures and the development of the bombe machine, this is essential reading for anyone interested in the clandestine activities at Bletchley Park.
“A magnificent biography which finally provides recognition to one of Bletchley’s and Britain’s lost heroes.” —Michael Smith
“Reveals a man equally as fascinating equally as important as Turing, and tells us even more about what went on in this most secret of establishments during the war years.” —Books Monthly

The extraordinary story of the development of America's industrial muscle and the rise of big business during World War II For admirers of books by Erik Larson and Stephen Ambrose, here's a great, meaty, and untold story of World War II - how American big business set out to build the weapons and create the industrial muscle to arm the Allies and defeat the Axis, from the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Ghandi & Churchill. Bestselling author Arthur Herman reveals how two extraordinary American businessmen - the Danish immigrant William Knudsen and shipbuilding industrialist Henry Kaiser - helped corral, cajole, manipulate, and inspire big business around the country to help mobilize the war effort and what later critics would call the American "military-industrial complex," without which the history of America, as well as of the Second World War, would be very different. Together these men changed the face not only of American business and industry but of American society. At the same time their efforts transformed the culture of America's armed services, giving the army, navy, and air force both the tools and the new strategies for securing a postwar global order.

These two classic works capture the tide of world events even as they unfold the compelling tale of a single North American family drawn into the very center of the wars maelstrom. These two multimillion-copy bestsellers capture all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of the Second World War.

"Technical and Military Imperatives: A Radar History of World War II" is a coherent account of the history of radar in the second World War. Although many books have been written on the early days of radar and its role in the war, this book is by far the most comprehensive, covering ground, air, and sea operations in all theaters of World War II. The author manages to synthesize a vast amount of material in a highly readable, informative, and enjoyable way. Of special interest is extensive new material about the development and use of radar by Germany, Japan, Russia, and Great British. The story is told without undue technical complexity, so that the book is accessible to specialists and nonspecialists alike.

◎ 编辑推荐
★冯内古特《五号屠场》原型，丘吉尔缄口不提的敏感事件，广受争议的盟军轰炸行动
战争结束在即，德累斯顿是合理的军事目标吗？如果说摧毁德累斯顿是犯罪，那么谁才是真正的罪犯？
★《泰晤士报》年度图书，一部独一无二的城市史，讲述艺术之城的前世今生
从典雅、文明的往日辉煌，到残酷、狂热的纳粹时期，到毁灭与重建的极端年代，一直到今天的和解与复兴。
★从空中到地下，从前线到后方，多视角叙事，完整还原灾难始末
“从计划到执行，这个故事由关键参与者以及地面上遭受攻击本身及其后果的受难者讲述。”——罗伯特·福克斯
◎ 内容简介
“一场大火从德国喷出，绕世界一圈，然后又回到了德国。”
1945年2月，末日从天而降，上千架轰炸机飞过，德累斯顿在一夜之间沦为废墟，“易北河上的佛罗伦萨”、欧洲文明的中心，被炸出了20世纪。
在二战接近尾声之际，针对德国城市和平民的无差别轰炸对战争进程几乎没有任何影响，惨痛的伤亡以及巨大的破坏引起了舆论的激烈反应。纳粹当局将盟军的攻击称作“恐怖轰炸”，英美媒体亦为德累斯顿这块瑰宝的毁灭而震惊，就连丘吉尔也对空袭的必要性产生怀疑。
究竟谁该为德累斯顿的毁灭负责？这一问题的讨论经久不衰，热烈程度甚或高于人们对广岛核爆的关注。冷战时期，德累斯顿的废墟在“铁幕”之下成了英美帝国主义恐怖暴行的物证，也刺激着大西洋两岸的反战运动。到今天，德国右翼组织仍然试图利用这一事件，以期将德国人塑造成战争罪行的受害者。
这一切的一切，都将人们的视线拉回到轰炸发生的那一夜——在德累斯顿，千百个声音正等待着世界的倾听，是时候看看那场骇人听闻的毁灭背后，隐藏着多少不为人知的秘密。
◎ 媒体评论
正直的愠怒驱动着这一扣人心弦的研究。
——马克斯·黑斯廷斯（《日本帝国衰亡》作者）
令人不安又无法抗拒。辛克莱·麦凯赋予了这个黑暗的主题以生命。
——基思·罗威（《野蛮大陆》作者）
清晰而公正地描述了空战历史中最臭名昭著、最具破坏性的空袭。从计划到执行，这个故事由关键参与者以及地面上遭受攻击本身及其后果的受难者讲述。
——罗伯特·福克斯（《我们见证过》作者）
这场火风暴及其后果为这座城市的六年战争划下了创伤性的结局，它铭刻在人们的公共记忆中，在易北河畔被火烧黑的石头上依然清晰可见。
——《金融时报》
麦凯的丰富叙事和描述天赋为我们提供了一个关于那个可怕夜晚的考究而坚定的记录。对现代历史上最具道德争议的军事行动之一，这本书是极为可读和精心制作的补遗。
——《华尔街日报》
麦凯避免直接的说教，他更关注德累斯顿人年复一年的纪念仪式以及这段历史在集体记忆中的地位。最重要的是，他为这座城市在现代的复活感到欢欣。
——《经济学人》
引人入胜、研究充分、写作有力、结构得当。献给所有对军事历史和第二次世界大战感兴趣的人。
——《图书馆杂志》（星级评论）
麦凯的广泛研究和生动书写捕捉了轰炸的恐怖和悲剧。读者不会轻易忘记这段关于毁灭的叙述。
——《出版人周刊》