Gerard Degroot: 3 books

Before the Bomb, there were simply 'bombs', lower case. But it was the twentieth century, one hundred years of almost incredible scientific progress, that saw the birth of the Bomb, the human race's most powerful and most destructive discovery. In this magisterial and enthralling account, Gerard...

World War One had a devastating, cataclysmic impact on the world and the British people. As its reverberations were so long-lasting and significant, it is easy to assume that the social consequences were as profound. In this highly readable and moving survey of life back at home during the...

How did Ronald Reagan go from being a washed-up Hollywood actor to the most powerful man in America? Running as a 'celebrity' candidate for the governorship of California in 1966, Ronald Reagan's hard-line republican campaign was faltering amongst the student riots in Berkeley and sixties counter-culture....