True war and combat stories Books
The University of Chicago Press Fragments Phoenix Fiction
Book SynopsisA semi-autobiographical account of the Vietnam War, this novel reveals how war can make everything explosive - even love - and how two friends try to put the pieces of their lives together again.
£23.00
John Wiley & Sons Inc Silent Running
Book SynopsisI am just one of many who experienced life on a submarine duringWorld War II. Silent Running is a story sincerely told--free of anyrevisionism or cynicism--and I commend Vice Admiral Calvert forsharing this dramatic personal account of that difficult andexciting time. --President George Bush Hardened old sub vet that I am, I still felt the need for twoweeks R&R after reliving Jim''s only too realistic warpatrolling adventures. --C. W. Nimitz, Jr., Rear Admiral, USN(Ret.) I believe it is the best personal account yet written on U.S.submarine operations in the Second World War. [Calvert] writes withlucidity and a rare candor. We get an extraordinary sense of whatit was like, feeling the tensions and emotions, sharing thesuccesses and disappointments, ... This is a true story with tealpeople, always gripping and sometimes tender. It is exciting toread and hard to put down. --J. L. Holloway, Admiral, USN (Ret.)President, Naval Historical Society, Chief of Naval OperationsTable of ContentsTraining for the Big Show. On to Pearl Harbor. Patterns of War in the Deep. At the Gates of Tokyo. Fighting Wounded. A Taste of Defeat. The Tanker Sweep. Australia and Admiral Jay. The New Skipper. A Gallant Retreat. Farewell, Forgiveness, and Tragedy. Decisions at Guam. Deliverance by the Bomb. Tokyo--Hail and Farewell. Afterword. Index.
£24.79
Wayne State University Press And Life Is Changed Forever
Book SynopsisContains twenty first-person narrative essays from Holocaust survivors who were children at the time of the atrocity. This book also focuses on what these children became - teachers, engineers, physicians, entrepreneurs, librarians, parents, and grandparents, and explores the impact of the Holocaust on their later lives.
£25.56
University of Toronto Press Part of Life Itself
Book SynopsisEducated, articulate, and with an enduring fascination for the natural world, Leslie Howard Miller, a Canadian soldier who served in the First World War, kept this remarkable diary of his wartime experiences.Table of ContentsIntroduction The War Diary of Lieutenant Leslie Howard Miller, Canadian Expeditionary Force Afterword Appendices: Pages from the War Diary
£41.40
University of Toronto Press Monty and the Canadian Army
Book SynopsisGeneral Bernard Law Montgomery, affectionately known as "Monty," exerted an influence on the Canadian Army more lasting than that of any other Second World War commander. In 1942 he assumed responsibility for the exercise and training of Canadian formations in England, and by the end of the war Canada’s field army was second to none in the practical exercise of combined arms. In Monty and the Canadian Army, John A. English analyses the way Montgomery’s operational influence continued to permeate the Canadian Army. For years, the Canadian Army remained a highly professional force largely because it was commanded at almost every lower level by "Monty men" steeped in the Montgomery method. The era of the Canadian Army headed by such men ceased with the integration and unification of Canada’s armed forces in 1964. The embrace of Montgomery by Canadian soldiers stands in marked contrast to largely negative perceptions held by Americans. Monty and the Canadian Army aims to correct such perceptions, which are mostly superficial and more often than not wrong, and addresses the anomaly of how this gifted general, one of the greatest field commanders of the Second World War, managed to win over other North American troops.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. The Germination of Generalship 2. Canadian Corps Legacy and Loss of Professionalism 3. Montgomery in Command of British Formations 4. Canada’s Erratic March to War 5. Dagger Pointed at the Heart of Berlin 6. Inspecting the Canadian Corps 7. Military Godfather of the Canadian Army 8. Montgomery and Dieppe 9. Monty’s Eighth Army and Canadians 10. Handling Canadians in Normandy 11. Cracking German Lines 12. First Canadian Army’s Greatest Contribution to Allied Victory 13. Canadian Army Triumph 14. Canadian Army Monty Men Epilogue: The Montgomery Touch Conclusion Appendix: What to Look for When Visiting a Unit Bibliography Index
£25.19
University of Toronto Press Part of Life Itself
Book SynopsisEducated, articulate, and with an enduring fascination for the natural world, Leslie Howard Miller, a Canadian soldier who served in the First World War, kept this remarkable diary of his wartime experiences.Table of ContentsIntroduction The War Diary of Lieutenant Leslie Howard Miller, Canadian Expeditionary Force Afterword Appendices: Pages from the War Diary
£17.99
University of Toronto Press Monty and the Canadian Army
Book SynopsisGeneral Bernard Law Montgomery, affectionately known as Monty, exerted an influence on the Canadian Army more lasting than that of any other Second World War commander. In 1942 he assumed responsibility for the exercise and training of Canadian formations in England, and by the end of the war Canada’s field army was second to none in the practical exercise of combined arms. In Monty and the Canadian Army, John A. English analyses the way Montgomery’s operational influence continued to permeate the Canadian Army. For years, the Canadian Army remained a highly professional force largely because it was commanded at almost every lower level by Monty men steeped in the Montgomery method. The era of the Canadian Army headed by such men ceased with the integration and unification of Canada’s armed forces in 1964. The embrace of Montgomery by Canadian soldiers stands in marked contrast to largely negative perceptions held by Americans. Monty and Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. The Germination of Generalship 2. Canadian Corps Legacy and Loss of Professionalism 3. Montgomery in Command of British Formations 4. Canada’s Erratic March to War 5. Dagger Pointed at the Heart of Berlin 6. Inspecting the Canadian Corps 7. Military Godfather of the Canadian Army 8. Montgomery and Dieppe 9. Monty’s Eighth Army and Canadians 10. Handling Canadians in Normandy 11. Cracking German Lines 12. First Canadian Army’s Greatest Contribution to Allied Victory 13. Canadian Army Triumph 14. Canadian Army Monty Men Epilogue: The Montgomery Touch Conclusion Appendix: What to Look for When Visiting a Unit Bibliography Index
£17.99
Stanford University Press Nisei Naysayer: The Memoir of Militant Japanese
Book SynopsisAmong the fiercest opponents of the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II was journalist James "Jimmie" Matsumoto Omura. In his sharp-penned columns, Omura fearlessly called out leaders in the Nikkei community for what he saw as their complicity with the U.S. government's unjust and unconstitutional policies—particularly the federal decision to draft imprisoned Nisei into the military without first restoring their lost citizenship rights. In 1944, Omura was pushed out of his editorship of the Japanese American newspaper Rocky Shimpo, indicted, arrested, jailed, and forced to stand trial for unlawful conspiracy to counsel, aid, and abet violations of the military draft. He was among the first Nikkei to seek governmental redress and reparations for wartime violations of civil liberties and human rights. In this memoir, which he began writing towards the end of his life, Omura provides a vivid account of his early years: his boyhood on Bainbridge Island; summers spent working in the salmon canneries of Alaska; riding the rails in search of work during the Great Depression; honing his skills as a journalist in Los Angeles and San Francisco. By the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Omura had already developed a reputation as one of the Japanese American Citizens League's most adamant critics, and when the JACL leadership acquiesced to the mass incarceration of American-born Japanese, he refused to remain silent, at great personal and professional cost. Shunned by the Nikkei community and excluded from the standard narrative of Japanese American wartime incarceration until later in life, Omura seeks in this memoir to correct the "cockeyed history to which Japanese America has been exposed." Edited and with an introduction by historian Arthur A. Hansen, and with contributions from Asian American activists and writers Frank Chin, Yosh Kuromiya, and Frank Abe, Nisei Naysayer provides an essential, firsthand account of Japanese American wartime resistance. Trade Review"Nisei Naysayer is an essential and eagerly-awaited account of Japanese America's resistance in American-style concentration camps during World War II.Offering new insight into Omura's controversial sedition trial, Nisei Naysayer reveals the depth of Omura's commitment to constitutionalism and freedom of the press. Expertly annotated by Art Hansen, this unique exposition will be invaluable for students and scholars alike."—Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Japanese American Resettlement through the Lens: Hikaru Iwasaki and the WRA's Photographic Section, 1943-1945"James Omura was a truth-teller silenced in his own time. His legal and moral opposition to the wartime treatment of Japanese Americans was too much for both the US government and the Japanese American Citizens League, and they shut him down. Seventy-five years later, the silence is broken with the publication of Omura's memoir, Nisei Naysayer. Scrupulously edited and annotated by Arthur A. Hansen, this memoir reminds us what a courageous voice of resistance sounds like."—Eric Muller, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill"Contrarian Jimmie Omura altered history and the writing of history, as evidenced in this superbly edited memoir. His life righted the wrongs of civil liberties denied and the errors of accommodationist histories."—Gary Y. Okihiro, author of American History Unbound: Asians and Pacific Islanders"Impeccably edited by Arthur Hansen, this memoir by the dedicated American patriot Jimmie Omura spans his early life through the end of World War II, revealing the rebuke and ostracism he endured, and the courage he exhibited in his search for justice. Omura's moral compass and well-articulated, incisive critiques are a wellspring of inspiration."—Eileen H. Tamura, author of In Defense of Justice: Joseph Kurihara and the Japanese American Struggle for EqualityTable of Contents1. Bainbridge Island Beginnings, 1912–1923 2. Pacific Northwest Coming of Age, 1923–1933 3. Dateline California, 1933–1940 4. Showdown in San Francisco, 1940–1942 5. Denver Disputes and Concentration Camp Dissent, 1942–1944 6. Rocky Mountain Resistance, 1944 7. Down and Out in Denver, 1944–1945
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Stanford University Press Nisei Naysayer: The Memoir of Militant Japanese
Book SynopsisAmong the fiercest opponents of the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II was journalist James "Jimmie" Matsumoto Omura. In his sharp-penned columns, Omura fearlessly called out leaders in the Nikkei community for what he saw as their complicity with the U.S. government's unjust and unconstitutional policies—particularly the federal decision to draft imprisoned Nisei into the military without first restoring their lost citizenship rights. In 1944, Omura was pushed out of his editorship of the Japanese American newspaper Rocky Shimpo, indicted, arrested, jailed, and forced to stand trial for unlawful conspiracy to counsel, aid, and abet violations of the military draft. He was among the first Nikkei to seek governmental redress and reparations for wartime violations of civil liberties and human rights. In this memoir, which he began writing towards the end of his life, Omura provides a vivid account of his early years: his boyhood on Bainbridge Island; summers spent working in the salmon canneries of Alaska; riding the rails in search of work during the Great Depression; honing his skills as a journalist in Los Angeles and San Francisco. By the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Omura had already developed a reputation as one of the Japanese American Citizens League's most adamant critics, and when the JACL leadership acquiesced to the mass incarceration of American-born Japanese, he refused to remain silent, at great personal and professional cost. Shunned by the Nikkei community and excluded from the standard narrative of Japanese American wartime incarceration until later in life, Omura seeks in this memoir to correct the "cockeyed history to which Japanese America has been exposed." Edited and with an introduction by historian Arthur A. Hansen, and with contributions from Asian American activists and writers Frank Chin, Yosh Kuromiya, and Frank Abe, Nisei Naysayer provides an essential, firsthand account of Japanese American wartime resistance. Trade Review"Nisei Naysayer is an essential and eagerly-awaited account of Japanese America's resistance in American-style concentration camps during World War II.Offering new insight into Omura's controversial sedition trial, Nisei Naysayer reveals the depth of Omura's commitment to constitutionalism and freedom of the press. Expertly annotated by Art Hansen, this unique exposition will be invaluable for students and scholars alike."—Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Japanese American Resettlement through the Lens: Hikaru Iwasaki and the WRA's Photographic Section, 1943-1945"James Omura was a truth-teller silenced in his own time. His legal and moral opposition to the wartime treatment of Japanese Americans was too much for both the US government and the Japanese American Citizens League, and they shut him down. Seventy-five years later, the silence is broken with the publication of Omura's memoir, Nisei Naysayer. Scrupulously edited and annotated by Arthur A. Hansen, this memoir reminds us what a courageous voice of resistance sounds like."—Eric Muller, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill"Contrarian Jimmie Omura altered history and the writing of history, as evidenced in this superbly edited memoir. His life righted the wrongs of civil liberties denied and the errors of accommodationist histories."—Gary Y. Okihiro, author of American History Unbound: Asians and Pacific Islanders"Impeccably edited by Arthur Hansen, this memoir by the dedicated American patriot Jimmie Omura spans his early life through the end of World War II, revealing the rebuke and ostracism he endured, and the courage he exhibited in his search for justice. Omura's moral compass and well-articulated, incisive critiques are a wellspring of inspiration."—Eileen H. Tamura, author of In Defense of Justice: Joseph Kurihara and the Japanese American Struggle for EqualityTable of Contents1. Bainbridge Island Beginnings, 1912–1923 2. Pacific Northwest Coming of Age, 1923–1933 3. Dateline California, 1933–1940 4. Showdown in San Francisco, 1940–1942 5. Denver Disputes and Concentration Camp Dissent, 1942–1944 6. Rocky Mountain Resistance, 1944 7. Down and Out in Denver, 1944–1945
£23.79
Potomac Books Inc After Combat
Book SynopsisThis After Combat introduces readers to the wars fought by military forces from the perspective of the combatants. Veterans narrate what Tim O'Brien calls a true war story: one without obvious purpose or moral imputation, independent of civilian logic, propaganda goals, and even peacetime convention.
£22.79
Boydell & Brewer Ltd Physician to the Fleet: The Life and Times of
Book SynopsisDetails Thomas Trotter's important contributions, as a naval surgeon and after, to the eradication of scurvy and typhus, to the study of addiction, and to improved health and safety in mines. Thomas Trotter, after studying medicine at Edinburgh, began his naval career as a surgeon's mate in 1779 and saw continuous service up to the peace of 1802, rising as a result of great abilities and the right patronage to become Physician to the Channel Fleet, and being present at the great battles of Dogger Bank in 1781 and the Glorious First of June in 1794. As Physician to the Channel Fleet, he was a major player in the conquest of scurvy and the control of typhus and smallpox in the navy. After the peace he settled in Newcastle where he produced pioneering work on alcoholism and neurosis, as a result of which he is regarded as one of the founders of the field of addiction studies. This book provides an intimate account of naval life in the great age of sail from the perspective of a surgeon, describing the impact of Enlightenment ideas and new medical techniques, and showing how improved health was a crucial factor in making possible the British fleet's great victories in this period. BRIAN VALE is a maritime historian, whose books include Independence or Death: British sailors and Brazilian Independence (Tauris 1996), A Frigate of King George, Life and Duty on a British Man-of-War (Tauris 2001) and The Audacious Admiral Cochrane (Conway 2004). GRIFFITH EDWARDS, Emeritus Professor at King's College, London, is one of the country's leading experts on addiction. His publications include Alchohol: the Ambiguous Molecule (Penguin 2000) and Matters of Substance (Penguin 2005).Trade ReviewAs expected from Boydell, the book is well-produced and illustrated. * ANNUAL BULLETIN OF HISTORICAL LITERATURE *The authors' evident enthusiasms and meticulous scholarship will surely encourage maritime historians, particularly those interested in naval medicine, to search out this book. * INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY *A well-written and well-paced book that is essential reading for any historian of Nelson's Navy. * MEDICAL HISTORY *A commendable history. * JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES *[The authors] must be commended for their excellent contribution to furthering our understanding of this period. Their well-written and superbly researched biography will be welcomed by scholars and students of naval history, medical history, slavery and the Atlantic World. * THE NORTHERN MARINER *A core addition to any history collection with a focus on medicine or military. * THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW *Table of ContentsThe Edinburgh Experience Medicine at Sea HMS Berwick Surgeon of a Slaver Northumbrian Interlude Recalled to the Colours The Royal Hospital, Haslar Physician to the Channel Fleet The Conquest of Scurvy Shore-based in Plymouth Honours and Half Pay Married Life and Civilian Practice An Essay on Drunkenness A War of Pamphlets A View of the Nervous Temperament Physician as Poet and Playwright Thomas Trotter and the Great Theatre of Life
£71.25
Woodfield Publishing Moose's War: The Exploits of Wing Commander Robert 'Moose' Fumerton DFC & Bar, AFC - Canada's Highest-Scoring Night-Fighter Pilot of the Second World War
£17.59
Woodfield Publishing Sky Laughing: Humorous Stories Featuring the Parachute Regiment and Other Airborne Forces
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Editorial Anagrama El Estrecho de Bering
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Almena Ediciones Misión en Bosnia G. T. Castillejos
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc 82 Days on Okinawa One Americans Unforgettable
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£23.24
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Way Forward
Book SynopsisTrade Review"War stories with a motivational twist…Both authors suggest, knowingly, that the best plans don’t often survive reality, but it’s important to plan anyway, for “you’re never out of the fight.” — Kirkus Reviews “O’Neill and Meyer are skilled storytellers. [They] offer plenty of advice for veterans navigating reentry to civilian life.” — Library Journal “Raw, funny, and poignant, each chapter is an important life lesson from two guys who have thrived in life’s toughest battles. The Way Forward will help every reader master their own challenges—this is a must-read book!” — Admiral Bill McRaven, U.S. Navy (Retired) and author of #1 New York Times bestseller Make Your Bed “Rob and Dakota are the real deal—warriors. patriots. leaders. And damn good men. In this fantastic book, they turn the dangerous, the confusing, and even the crude moments of combat and life into meaningful, insightful and life-changing insights. This book will make you laugh…and learn how to forge a lasting legacy in the process. Their incredible stories alone are worth the price of admission, and then you walk away learning how to chart your own way forward. Buy this book—and learn how to stand up and face your enemies!” — Pete Hegseth, television host and bestselling author of American Crusade: Our Fight To Stay Free and Modern Warriors: Real Stories From Real Heroes “The Way Forward is not only about the making of two of America’s greatest heroes but a journey of how common men are forged by family, friends, and brotherhood to make extraordinary sacrifices for their nation. There is no political left or right in their lessons, just an exemplary show of honor, courage, commitment, and faith in protecting their fellow citizens. Their words are guideposts to changing your life and building your own legacy.” — Malcolm Nance, former U.S. Navy senior chief petty officer and author of the New York Times bestseller Defeating ISIS: Who They Are, How They Fight, What They Believe “In The Way Forward, two American heroes share their inspired messages that are designed to help you achieve and live a heroic life. This is impactful storytelling that implores you to listen.” — Lt. Col Dan Rooney, bestselling author of Fly Into the Wind: How to Harness Faith and Fearlessness on Your Ascent to Greatness “An inspiring, enthralling, and entertaining book packed with extraordinary anecdotes. I can’t think of two people better equipped to be life coaches or offer leadership advice than these two great American heroes.” — Piers Morgan, journalist and television personality
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Modern Warriors
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Remember the Ramrods
Book SynopsisThe Iraq War’s only living Medal of Honor recipient reveals the untold story of the remarkable brotherhood behind one of the war’s legendary acts of valor In 2004, he stormed an enemy stronghold to save his platoon.Trade Review"A powerful memoir. ... As Bellavia articulates elegantly in Remember the Ramrods, the gulf between those who had served and those who hadn’t yawned like an unbridgeable chasm. ... It chronicles the actions of the men of Bellavia’s unit through war and peace, following them as they pursued their separate postwar ways, then bringing them back together at the Medal of Honor ceremony in a ritual of reunification and healing. ... In this new memoir, he pays tribute to [his unit] and sets an example that soldiers and civilians alike may follow." — Army Times
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Unbroken Bonds of Battle
Book SynopsisLife only really starts when we start serving others.For many people, military service isn’t simply a job. In Unbroken Bonds of Battle, Joey tells the stories of those very warriors, who for years have supported and inspired him on the battlefield and off.
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Random House USA Inc A Vietcong Memoir
Book SynopsisAn absorbing and moving autobiography...An important addition not only to the literature of Vietnam but to the larger human story of hope, violence and disillusion in the political life of our era.—Chicago TribuneWhen he was a student in Paris, Truong Nhu Tang met Ho Chi Minh. Later he fought in the Vietnamese jungle and emerged as one of the major figures in the fight for liberation—and one of the most determined adversaries of the United States. He became the Vietcong's Minister of Justice, but at the end of the war he fled the country in disillusionment and despair. He now lives in exile in Paris, the highest level official to have defected from Vietnam to the West. This is his candid, revealing and unforgettable autobiography.
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Random House USA Inc Lord of All the Dead A Nonfiction Novel
Book SynopsisA deeply personal work of historical interrogation from the acclaimed author of Outlaws. Javier Cercas, “the bard of [the] movement for the recovery of Spain’s suppressed memory” (The New York Times Book Review), unpacks the legacy of the Spanish Civil War by way of his own family’s history. Growing up, Cercas was inculcated with the legend of his beloved great-uncle, Manuel Mena, who died at nineteen in the bloodiest battle of the Spanish Civil War—while fighting for Franco. Who was this young man? A fascist hero whose memory is now an embarrassment or a committed idealist who happened to fall on the wrong side of history? In Lord of All the Dead, Cercas pieces together the life of his enigmatic relative and in so doing tells the story of an entire generation. Combining intimate family history, investigative scholarship, personal confession, and a novelist’s imagination, Cercas has crafted a transcendent port
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Random House USA Inc Alpha
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Italian Aces of World War I and their Aircraft
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Knights Cross Profiles Vol1 HeinzWolfgang
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Heinrich Himmler
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Albert Schwenns Memories of the WaffenSS An SS
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Leo Wilmâs Memories of the WaffenSS
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Random House USA Inc Legend
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Crecy Publishing The Battle Of Britain
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Children in War
Book SynopsisChildren in War is a story about vulnerable and helpless children at the mercy of bloodthirsty pompous leaders, who perpetually endanger them through bloody conflicts. It is about courage and survival against apparently overwhelming odds; a childhood in the shadow of continual war and severe poverty, under the terrifying threat of war, relentless danger, and fear. Children who find themselves living in constant anxiety, unable to play freely in their own yard for fear of sirens and shells. This is the story of millions of children around the world who are trapped in war zones, spending days and nights in shelters, instead of enjoying their days in schools and parks. Innocent children, who were forced to live in extreme deprivation due to the depletion of the state budget caused by the war efforts. Children who suffer from severe emotional and psychological trauma and frequently witness images and situations that will remain forever in their memory. The following story is based on rea
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State University of New York Press White Savage William Johnson and the Invention of
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Amberley Publishing Great Writers on The Great War Conan Doyles War
Book SynopsisStriking descriptions of the Western Front by the most famous writer of the day
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Paragon House Publishers The Road to Hell: Recollections of the Nazi Death
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University of Massachusetts Press Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse
Book SynopsisLynda Van Devanter was the girl next door, the cheerleader who went to Catholic schools, enjoyed sports, and got along well with her four sisters and parents. After high school she attended nursing school and then did something that would shatter her secure world for the rest of her life: in 1969, she joined the army and was shipped to Vietnam. When she arrived in Vietnam her idealistic view of the war vanished quickly. She worked long and arduous hours in cramped, ill-equipped, understaffed operating rooms. She saw friends die. Witnessing a war close-up, operating on soldiers and civilians whose injuries were catastrophic, she found the very foundations of her thinking changing daily.After one traumatic year, she came home, a Vietnam veteran. Coming home was nearly as devastating as the time she spent in Asia. Nothing was the same ― including Lynda herself. Viewed by many as a murderer instead of a healer, she felt isolated and angry. The anger turned to depression; like many other Vietnam veterans she suffered from delayed stress syndrome. Working in hospitals brought back chilling scenes of hopelessly wounded soldiers. A marriage ended in divorce. The war that was fought physically halfway around the world had become a personal, internal battle.Home before Morning is the story of a woman whose courage, stamina, and personal history make this a compelling autobiography. It is also the saga of others who went to war to aid the wounded and came back wounded ― physically and emotionally ― themselves. And, it is the true story of one person's triumphs: her understanding of, and coming to terms with, her destiny.
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Smithsonian Books The Final Mission of Extortion 17: Special Ops,
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PELICAN PUBLISHING CO. Bataan Death March A Soldiers Story
Book SynopsisThis journal recounts the 65-mile journey, during which prisoners had no food, water, or rest. The author survived the POW camps on the Philippine island of Luzon.
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Casemate Publishers Black Tulip: The Life and Myth of Erich Hartmann,
Book SynopsisBlack Tulip is the dramatic story of history's top fighter ace, Luftwaffe pilot Erich Hartmann. It's also the story of how his service under Hitler was simplified and elevated to Western mythology during the Cold War.Over 1,404 wartime missions, Hartmann claimed a staggering 352 airborne kills, and his career contains all the dramas you would expect. There were the frostbitten fighter sweeps over the Eastern Front, drunken forays to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, a decade of imprisonment in the wretched Soviet POW camps, and further military service during the Cold War that ended with conflict and angst.Just when Hartmann’s second career was faltering, he was adopted by a network of writers and commentators personally invested in his welfare and reputation. These men, mostly Americans, published elaborate, celebratory stories about Hartmann and his elite fraternity of Luftwaffe pilots. With each dogfight tale put into print, Hartmann’s legacy became loftier and more secure, and his complicated service in support of Nazism faded away. A simplified, one-dimensional account of his life - devoid of the harder questions about allegiance and service under Hitler - has gone unchallenged for almost a generation.Black Tulip locates the ambiguous truth about Hartmann and so much of the German Wehrmacht in general: that many of these men were neither full-blown Nazis nor impeccable knights. They were complex, contradictory, and elusive. This book portrays a complex human rather than the heroic caricature we’re used to, and it argues that the tidy, polished hero stories we’ve inherited about men like Hartmann say as much about those who've crafted them as they do about the heroes themselves.Trade ReviewWell-written, thought provoking. * Aeroplane Magazine *What sets this book apart is the in depth analysis of who Hartmann was and whether his reputation is apt and why he was and still is held in such high regard. It’s a fascinating book and I highly recommend it. * Aviation Enthusiast Book Club *
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Allen & Unwin The Big Book of Australia's War Stories: A
Book Synopsis'The bravest thing God ever made,' said a British officer of the insubordinate Aussies at Gallipoli. And before the Normandy invasion, Field Marshal Montgomery's chief of staff remarked, 'I only wish we had the Australian 9th Division with us this morning'. But there is more to the Australian experience of war than heroic endeavour and bravery. Jim Haynes has rediscovered stories that are as harrowing as they are uplifting, as strange as they are brutal and as heart-breaking as they are humorous.From Federation to the Vietnam War, from our first VC winner to our hundredth, this sweeping overview of Australia's military adventures both overseas and at home is a guide to understanding how this nation's role in the twentieth century's major conflicts unfolded as each war ebbed and flowed. These stories have formed Australia's collective memory of war. Some battles and campaigns are household names, although their historical significance may have been lost. Others are barely remembered now but are part of our history and deserve to be retold. These are the accounts, recollections and legends that explain Australia's wartime reputation. They demonstrate the extraordinary courage, resilience, stoic humour, personal heroism and sacrifice that created the mythology of the Aussie 'digger' - the soldiers, sailors, nurses and flyers who did things their own way and earned the undying respect of both their allies and their enemies.Table of ContentsIntroductionPART 1 Fighting the BoersPART 2 Fighting the KaiserPART 3 Fighting the FuhrerPART 4 Fighting the EmperorPART 5 Fighting the CommunistsAfterword-Our 100th VCAcknowledgementsNote on Sources
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Verso Books Soldier Box: Why I Won’t Return to the War on
Book Synopsis"I looked around my cell and saw the sheet of paper taped to the door at chest height. It listed everything in the room, chair, bed, soldier box . For a moment I thought it meant the cell itself; a box to put soldiers in."When the War on Terror began, Briton Joe Glenton felt compelled to serve his nation. He passed through basic training and deployed to Afghanistan in 2006. What he saw overseas left him disillusioned, and he returned home increasingly political and manifesting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.When he refused to return for a second tour, he was denied his right to object and called "a coward and a malingerer." He went absent without leave and left the country, returning later to the UK voluntarily to campaign against the wars. The military accused him of desertion and threatened years in prison. Soldier Box tells the story of Glenton's extraordinary journey from a promising soldier to a rebel against what he came to see as unjustified military action.Trade ReviewIt takes as much courage to stand up against the Army as it does to go to war. History is made by people prepared to make that kind of sacrifice. -- Tony Benn, former British Member of ParliamentJoe Glenton is the really brave soldier: the one who refused to fight in an unjust war and suffered imprisonment as a result. Above the sound of gunfire it is his story that deserves to be heard. -- John Rees, cofounder of the Stop the War Coalition
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Christian Focus Publications Ltd Candles in the Darkness
Book SynopsisThe Armed Forces live in a different world. It can be a closed life with enormous pressures - after all, how many careers ask you to lay your life on the line in order to achieve the organisation's objectives? The Soldier's and Airmen's Scripture Readers Association (SASRA) was formed to help people in the Armed Services form a relationship with God. All around the world Scripture Readers have taught what the Bible says to men and women in the Army and Air Force.This book is a testimony to the 'Missionaries in Khaki and Blue' who seek to faithfully witness to Jesus Christ. Updated for the 21st century, this is a collection of stories of real people facing real problems and demonstrating how faith in the living God wins through against the odds. These are stories of heroism, shame, anguish and jubilation - stories of men and women from Aircraftsman to Generals.Trade ReviewNone can measure the significant spiritual influence of SASRA over the years and not least in the years of National Service after the Second World War. Through SASRA I was brought into fellowship with five other men from different regiments or branches of the armed forces all stationed in Lüneburg, Germany. Only two of us were Christians when we joined up. Three of us became pastors and another a London City Missionary. This book will encourage personal evangelism and I hope it will promote prayer for the on-going vital work of SASRA. -- Derek Prime ((1931–2020)Author and former pastor of Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh)"...here are men and women from all sorts of backgrounds, with differing early contacts with Christianity, who have come to a living faith which they long to share with others." -- Ron Preece, Evangelism"These are stimulating testimonies from men and women who found Christ and the lived by faith in the God of the Bible. They are short and to the point, and I found them a healthy balance to the Bible Study - here because the Word comes alive in the lives of people with very different backgrounds...The book spotlights the important work Scripture Readers undertaken at home and abroad. Compelling reading - thoroughly recommended." -- Evangelicals Now
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Bohlau Verlag Herr, mach ein Ende!
Book SynopsisDie grauenhaften Erlebnisse eines Soldaten im Russlandfeldzug 1941, aber auch die Sinnlosigkeit und Verbitterung über den militärischen Alltag als Besatzer in Frankreich und Italien, die Monotonie und nie endende Langeweile des täglichen Dienstes hätten ihn nahezu zermürbt, wäre da nicht eine innige Liebe trotz der großen geographischen Entfernungen herangewachsen. Zeigte der Germanist F. X. Haertle (1916-2009) zu Beginn des Zweiten Weltkrieges noch eine gewisse Begeisterung, so verwandelte sich diese durch die Schrecken des Krieges gänzlich in Ablehnung. Seiner großen Liebe wegen und um die alltägliche militärische Monotonie zu überwinden, schrieb er 457 Briefe an seine Verlobte. Seine Tagebücher und Briefe formen einschließlich der über 350 Fotos ein außergewöhnliches Kompendium an Qualität, Komplexität und detaillierten Beobachtungen der zeitgenössischen Ereignisse. Sie gewähren einen tiefen Einblick in die anfängliche Kriegsbegeisterung, aber auch in die Brutalität und Schrecken des Krieges und schildern ungeschminkt die Ödnis des militärischen Alltags. Sie berichten von der geistigen Wandlung eines Intellektuellen, der sich sehr bald nach Kriegsbeginn nicht nur der NS-Propaganda, sondern auch den militärischen und NS-Autoritäten durch Karriereverweigerung entzog. Aus den Briefen an seine Verlobte erschließt sich auch eine Liebesgeschichte, welche die grundlegende emanzipatorische Wandlung des Partner- und Frauenbildes erkennen lässt. Ergänzend dazu werden weitere nicht publizierte Tagebücher seines Kameraden Stephan Metzger zitiert, die ihrerseits wiederum einen vergleichenden Blick auf die gemeinsamen Erlebnisse werfen.
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Almuzara ARTE DE LA INNOVACION MILITAREL
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Documenta Balear S.L. Els de Cabrera 19361946 el testimoni de Jeroni Bonet De Cabrera
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