2007
Prisoners of the Japanese
Sitting Ducks In the Sack Learning on the Job Working on the Railroad Hard Time Gyokusai and Chomansai The Last Stretch Over and Out Ever After
Churchill’s Promised Land
Churchill’s Worlds “The Lord Deals with the Nations as the Nations Dealt with the Jews,” 1874-1914 “Zionism versus Bolshevism,” 1914-1921 “Smiling Orchards,” 1921-1929 Together in the Wilderness, 1929-1939 Champion in War, 1939-1945 Zionist at the End, 1945-1955
Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
Dilemmas and Decisions War in the East Summit on Oahu Japan: Defying Gravity Yamato Spirit Warriors The British in Burma Imphal and Kohima ‘The Forgotten Army’ Titans at Sea Men and Ships Flyboys America’s Return to the Philippines Peleliu Leyte: The Landing ‘Flowers of Death’: Leyte Gulf Shogo The Ordeal of Taffy 3 Kamikaze Ashore: …
W. A. Mozart
Childhood Travels of the child prodigy Works from the Grand Tour Studies in Salzburg First operas in Vienna Gesellschaftsmusik and church music in Salzburg, 1769 First Italian journey Second and third Italian journeys Opera seria Early operas and the oratorio La Betulia liberata Church and instrumental works, 1769-1773 On the way to La finta giardiniera …
Fateful Choices
Forethoughts London, Spring 1940: Great Britain Decides to Fight On Berlin, Summer and Autumn 1940: Hitler Decides to Attack the Soviet Union Tokyo, Summer and Autumn 1940: Japan Decides to Seize the ‘Golden Opportunity’ Rome, Summer and Autumn 1940: Mussolini Decides to Grab His Share Washington, DC, Summer 1940-Spring 1941: Roosevelt Decides to Lend a …
Tartans
Introduction The North-West The North-East The Islands The Central Highlands The Lowlands The Border Lands United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
The Chronicle of Opera
Introduction 1589-1761: Baroque Opera 1589-1634: The New Art 1635-1646: Opera in Venice 1647-1677: Italian Opera Reaches Paris 1678-1702: France, Germany, Paris 1703-1731: The Second Century of Opera 1717-1731: Prima Donnas and Castrati 1732-1739: The Seeds of Change 1740-1761: The Death of Handel 1762-1850: Classical and Romantic Opera 1762-1775: Opera is Reborn 1776-1780: Melodrama and Singspiel …