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Ike and Kay: A Novel
by James MacManusThe sweeping love story at the heart of the Second World War, vividly reimagining General Eisenhower and Kate Summersby’s infamous, star-crossed affair In his latest historical novel Ike and Kay, acclaimed author James MacManus brings to life an unbelievably true and controversial romance and the poignant characters and personalities that shaped the course of world history. In 1942, Kay Summersby’s life is changed forever when she is conscripted to drive General Eisenhower on his fact-finding visit to wartime London. Despite Eisenhower’s marriage to Mamie, the pair takes an immediate liking to each other and he buys Kay a rare wartime luxury: a box of chocolates. So begins a tumultuous relationship that, against all military regulation, sees Kay traveling with Eisenhower on missions to far-flung places before the final assault on Nazi Germany. The general does dangerously little to conceal his affair with the woman widely known as “Ike’s shadow,” and in letters Mamie bemoans his new obsession with “Ireland.” That does not stop him from using his influence to grant Kay citizenship and rank in the US army, drawing her closer still when he returns to America. When officials discover Eisenhower’s plans to divorce from his wife they threaten the fragile but passionate affair, and Kay is forced to take desperate measures to hold onto the man she loves . . . Based on the scandalous true story of General Eisenhower’s secret World War II love affair, Ike and Kay is a compelling story of love, duty, sacrifice, and heartbreak, set against the backdrop of the most tumultuous period of the twentieth century.
Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower's Secret Campaign against Joseph McCarthy
by David A. NicholsRevealed for the first time, this is the full story of how President Dwight Eisenhower masterminded the downfall of the anti-Communist demagogue Senator Joseph McCarthy.Behind the scenes, Eisenhower loathed McCarthy, the powerful Republican senator notorious for his anti-Communist witch hunt. In spite of a public perception that Eisenhower was unwilling to challenge McCarthy, Ike believed that directly confronting the senator would diminish the presidency. Therefore, the president operated with a “hidden hand,” refusing even to mention the Senator’s name. In Ike and McCarthy, David A Nichols shows how the tension between the two men escalated. In a direct challenge to Eisenhower, McCarthy alleged that the US Army was harboring communists and launched an investigation. But the senator had unwittingly signed his own political death warrant. The White House employed surrogates to conduct a clandestine campaign against McCarthy and was not above using information about the private lives of McCarthy’s aides as ammunition. In January 1954 McCarthy was arguably the most powerful member of the Senate. By the end of that year, he had been censured by his colleagues for unbecoming conduct. Eisenhower’s covert operation had discredited the senator months earlier, exploiting the controversy that resulted from the televised Army-McCarthy hearings. McCarthy would never recover his lost prestige. Nichols uses documents previously unavailable or overlooked to authenticate the extraordinary story of Eisenhower’s anti-McCarthy campaign. Ike and McCarthy is an eye-opening, newsworthy, and fascinating read.
Ike the Soldier
by Merle MillerFrom the bestselling author of Plain Speaking and Lyndon comes this &“vivid and consistently absorbing record of Dwight D. Eisenhower&’s military career&” (Kirkus Reviews). Bringing together thousands of hours of interviews with the men and women who were closest to him, Merle Miller has constructed a revealing and personal biography of the man who would become the supreme commander. From his childhood in Kansas to West Point, World War I, and Europe where he led the Allied Forces to a hard-won victory in World War II, Ike the Soldier goes behind the historic battles and into the heart and mind of Ike Eisenhower. Miller has crafted the defining biography on the life of the thirty-fourth president, bringing more depth to the man many thought they knew. His strained relationships with his father, brothers, and son are brought into focus; as well as his love affair with his wife Mamie, and his relationship with Kay Summersby—his driver turned companion and confidante during WWII. &“An informed and balanced tribute to a world-class leader whose remarkable character gains greater luster with the passage of time.&” —Kirkus Reviews &“This is a highly enjoyable look at Ike&’s personal and official relationships with the people most important to him during the first 55 years of his life, including family, Army and Allied colleagues and heads of state.&” —Publishers Weekly
Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World
by Evan ThomasUpon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower came to be seen by many as a doddering lightweight. Yet behind the bland smile and apparent simplemindedness was a brilliant, intellectual tactician. As Evan Thomas reveals in his provocative examination of Ike's White House years, Eisenhower was a master of calculated duplicity. As with his bridge and poker games he was eventually forced to stop playing after leaving too many fellow army officers insolvent, Ike could be patient and ruthless in the con, and generous and expedient in his partnerships. Facing the Soviet Union, China, and his own generals, some of whom believed a first strike was the only means of survival, Eisenhower would make his boldest and riskiest bet yet, one of such enormity that there could be but two outcomes: the survival of the world, or its end.This is the story of how he won.
Ike's Mystery Man: The Secret Lives of Robert Cutler
by Peter ShinkleThe Cold War, The Lavender Scare and the Untold Story of Eisenhower's First National Security Advisor."An extraordinary story. . . a gripping, moving tale." -- Evan Thomas, author of Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World"A historical treasure unearthed . . . A must-read for all Cold War scholars, it is a great read for everyone else." -- Martin J. Sherwin, Pulitzer-Prize-winning co-author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer"This is a book that deserves, and is sure to get, a wide audience." -- Michael Isikoff, co-author of Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald TrumpPresident Eisenhower's National Security Advisor Robert "Bobby" Cutler shaped US Cold War strategy in far more consequential ways than previously understood. A lifelong Republican, Cutler also served three Denocratic presidents. The life of any party, he was a tight-lipped loyalist who worked behind the scenes to get things done. While Cutler's contributions to the public sphere may not have received, until now, the consideration they deserve, the story of his private life has never before been told.Cutler struggled throughout his years in the White House to discover and embrace his own sexual identity and orientation, and he was in love with a man half his age, NSC staffer Skip Koons. Cutler poured his emotions into a six-volume diary and dozens of letters that have been hidden from history. Steve Benedict, who was White House security officer, Cutlers' friend and Koons' friend and former lover, preserved Cutler's papers. All three men served Eisenhower at a time when anyone suspected of "sexual perversion", i.e. homosexuality, was banned from federal employment and vulnerable to security sweeps by the FBI.
Ike's Mystery Man: The Secret Lives of Robert Cutler (Documentary Narratives)
by Peter ShinkleThe Cold War, The Lavender Scare, and the Untold Story of Eisenhower's First National Security Advisor. President Eisenhower's National Security Advisor Robert "Bobby" Cutler -- working alongside Ike and also the Dulles brothers at the CIA and State Department -- shaped US Cold War strategy in far more consequential ways than previously understood. A lifelong Republican, Cutler also served three Democratic presidents. A charming raconteur, he was a tight-lipped loyalist who worked behind the scenes to get things done.Cutler was in love with a man half his age, naval intelligence officer and NSC staffer Skip Koons. Cutler poured his emotions into a six-volume diary and dozens of letters that have been hidden from history. Steve Benedict, who was White House security officer, Cutlers' friend and Koons' friend and former lover, preserved Cutler's papers. All three men served Eisenhower at a time when anyone suspected of "sexual perversion", i.e. homosexuality, was banned from federal employment and vulnerable to security sweeps by the FBI. This gripping account reveals in fascinating detail Cutler's intimate thoughts and feelings about US efforts to confront Soviet expansion and aggression while having to contend with the reality that tens of millions of people would die in a first nuclear strike, and that a full nuclear exchange would likely lead to human extinction. And Shinkle recounts with sensitivity the daily challenges and personal dramas of a small but representative group or patriotic gay men who were forced to hide essential aspects of who they were in order to serve a president they admired and a country they loved.
Ike's Spies: Eisenhower and the Espionage Establishment
by Stephen E. AmbroseBased on privileged access to the president and his private papers, this classic Cold War-era history by bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose gives an inside look at the way President Dwight Eisenhower managed America's secret operations as general and as commander in chief. During his time in office, Eisenhower projected the image of a genial bureaucrat, but behind that public face, he ran the most efficient espionage establishment in the world, overseeing assassination plots, the growth of the CIA, and the overthrow of governments. This book gives a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most ambitious secret operations in American history, including the 1954 overthrow of Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán's government of Guatemala; Operation AJAX, which toppled Iran's Mossadegh; and the U-2 flights over Russia. Some of Ike's most conspicuous intelligence missteps are also discussed, including the failure to predict the German attack during the Battle of the Bulge and the tragic encouragement of freedom fighters in Hungary, Indonesia, and Cuba. Ike's Spies is indispensable to anyone interested in the development of America's Cold War spy operations.
Ike: An American Hero
by Michael KordaIke is acclaimed author Michael Korda's sweeping and enthralling biography of Dwight David Eisenhower, arguably America's greatest general and one of her best presidents--a remarkable man in an extraordinary time, the hero who won the war and thereafter kept the peace.
Ikeda Sensei's 95 Years: The Boundless Power of Mentor and Disciple
by Daisaku IkedaBy taking on Josei Toda' s vision as his own, Daisaku Ikeda Sensei tapped into his limitless potential. In Ikeda Sensei' s 95 Years, you' ll learn of his contributions to creating a harmonious world, fostering friendship among nations, spreading Nichiren Buddhism around the globe, and encouraging young people to stand up to fulll their unique missions. But even more important, you' ll be inspired to discover your own power to make a difference.
Il Console Infiltrato
by Esteban Navarro SorianoIl 2 novembre 1972 tre giovani comunisti entrarono nel consolato francese a Saragozza (Spagna) e provocarono un incendio che uccise Roger Tur, console onorario di Francia. Anni dopo, in una declassificazione degli archivi della CIA, emerse che durante la guerra il console spiava i nazisti e consegnava i suoi rapporti agli americani.
Il Dossier Rojas
by Catia Polverini Pierre MonteagudoQuesta è la storia di un bambino prodigio di nome Hector Rafael che, sulla base della sua volontà di ferro per superare le avversità, divenne un importante astrofisico e scienziato chiave della NASA durante l'arrivo dell'uomo sulla Luna. Durante la Guerra Fredda, l'astrofisico Héctor R. Rojas propose al Dipartimento di Stato un progetto di cooperazione scientifica tra il Venezuela e gli Stati Uniti per democratizzare la conoscenza e insegnare la scienza conosciuta all'epoca nelle università latinoamericane ed europee. Cosa è successo dopo? I fatti sono rimasti nascosti, dietro un manto di mistero e segretezza, fino ad oggi. Qual è stata la decisione dell’”Agenzia”? Cosa hanno fatto i governi coinvolti? Cosa dice il memo firmato da Kissinger? Immergiti in questa affascinante storia e scopri la soluzione all'enigma
Il Dottore: The Double Life of a Mafia Doctor
by Ron FelberIl Dottore is based on the true story of a Jewish kid from the Bronx, who, through a series of circumstances, became a mafia insider and physician to top New York Mafia Dons such as John Gotti, Carlo Gambino, Paul Castellano, and Joe Bonanno. As a result, the doctor began leading a double life: a well respected surgeon (then working at Manhattan's Mount Sinai Hospital) and socialite by day, and Il Dottore, a gambling and sex addict by night. As a result of his relationship to the mafia, the doctor was welcomed into an exciting and often glamorous underworld, which included disco, drugs, high-stakes gambling, and, of course, beautiful women.
Il Lamento dell'immigrato
by Mois Benarroch Martina Fattore"Il lamento dell'immigrato" è stato pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1994 in ebraico. La poesia di Benarroch è stata tradotta in una dozzina di lingue, incluse l'urdu e il cinese. Julia Uceda considera la sua poesia detentrice della memoria del mondo, mentre Jose Luis Garcia Martin ritiene che i suoi versi vadano ben oltre la poesia e che siano dei veri e propri documenti. ""Se dovessi scegliere qualcuno da nominare per il Premio Nobel, sicuramente concorrerebbe anche lui." Klaus Gerken, editore di Ygdrasil. La sua fama cresce constantemente e i suoi libri sono stati pubblicati in Spagna, Israele e Stati Uniti d'America. Benarroch è stato insignito del Prime Minister Literary Prize nel 2008 e del Yehuda Amichai Poetry Prize nel 2012.
Il Romanzo dei Rimpianti
by Leroy VincentIl Romanzo dei Rimpianti è un libro pieno di storie vere di racconti di persone reali che hanno perso delle opportunità nelle loro storie d'amore. è un'ottima lettura per tutti coloro che volessero ricordare i loro rimpianti.
Il Salotto Della Contessa Maffei
by Raffello BarbieraPortrait of Countess Clara Maffei, Milanese noblewoman during the Italian 'Risorgimento' and of the historical figures who surrounded her remarkable life. (Text in Italian)
Il Volo del Rondone (Italian translation of "Flight of the Rondone"): La lotta per salvare la vita di mio figlio: autobiografia di un neanche diplomato in lotta contro le multinazionali del farmaco
by Patrick GirondiIl volo del Rondone racconta una storia caratterizzata dall&’ascesa &“dalle stalle alle stelle&” che il New York Times ha indicato come &“merita gli schermi televisivi&”. L&’autore, che non si è neanche diplomato, è soprannominato &“U carnveil&” (il circo camminante) per il suo spirito e la sua natura bizzarra. Patrick Girondi inizia la sua carriera lucidando scarpe per strada, rubando pezzi d&’auto e fuggendo da situazioni pericolose ingannando anche la polizia di Chicago. La sua storia vincente diventa così famosa da essere raccontata al &“The Oprah Winfrey Show&”. Il suo destino si trasforma velocemente quando suo figlio, Santino, venne diagnosticato con una malattia del sangue. Girondi, alla ricerca di una cura, attraversa tragedie e sconfinate implicazioni nel mondo della terapia genica. Girondi scrive: &“Sono stato strangolato, sparato, fuggito da più di venti arresti e dileguato da tre cacce alle streghe dell&’FBI; sono passato dal lavorare ai porti, alla Borsa di Chicago. Vedrò mio figlio curato. Quanto può essere difficile?&” Dopo decenni di lotte, è riuscito a portare alla luce il primo lotto commerciale di un vettore impiegato nel campo della terapia genica con alte potenzialità di curare l&’anemia falciforme e la talassemia. Ancora, la riuscita della cura – edel destino del figlio – èin pericolo a causa dei camici bianchi, morti misteriose e banchieri di Wall Street spietati. Questa è una storia di amore, una sfida contro le probabilità o, come dice Girondi, pura fortuna. È un racconto crudo e reale con una piccola considerazione del bon ton.
Il lento fluire della Garonna
by Jessica Lione J. L. F. LambertNel'imperturbabile periferia di Bordeaux vive una vedova pensionata, una signora qualunque, tranquilla e solitaria come i suoi vicini. La sua mente perfettamente lucida, ma incapace di oltrepassare le porte dell'eternità, è rivolta prevalentemente al passato che la porta inevitabilmente a porsi delle domande. È in questo modo che un dilemma di più di sessant'anni ritorna a popolare le notti della signora Hébert al punto di renderla prigioniera di un labirinto di ricordi agrodolci. Stanca di ripercorrere gli incidenti di un percorso del quale non è possibile cambiare nulla, ex insegnante, decide di tramandare, attraverso gli avvenimenti della sua gioventù, la sua biografia a scopo esemplificativo. Dopo un primo tentativo di biografia non riuscito, proverà ancora una volta ad aprirsi a un estraneo, il narratore. Al di là dei suoi amori appena sfiorati, la signora Hébert ripercorrerà ancora una volta quell'anno, il 1943, momento cardine della sua posizione sociale, alla base del suo malessere, vale a dire una decisone affrontata nella maniera sbagliata, basandosi su valori che promettevano "L'Infinito", una scelta esistenziale condizionata dalla sua infanzia. Finirà per rifugiarsi in ricordi misurati, anche se la natura, a modo suo, continuerà a custodire quello che è stato e quello che avrebbe potuto essere, pur lasciandole la possibilita di dare un ultimo contributo, simbolo della sua situazione.
Il mio nazista preferito: Il mito di Albert Speer, il nazista buono.
by Lazaro DroznesIl mio nazista preferito. Il mito di Albert Speer, il nazista buono. La storia del gerarca nazista che si salvò dalla forca al processo di Norimberga. Albert Speer, uno dei principali gerarchi nazisti, fu architetto di Hitler e Ministro della Produzione di Armamenti. Fu responsabile della deportazione e della morte di milioni di lavoratori schiavi che furono obbligati a lavorare in condizioni degradanti nelle industrie belliche. Si stima che furono usati 14 milioni di lavoratori contro la loro volontà per aumentare di 4 volte la produzione di armamenti durante la gestione di Albert Speer. Grazie a questo enorme incremento della produzione la Germania fu in grado di sostenere il conflitto per altri due anni. Questa estensione del conflitto comportò, come conseguenza, vari milioni di vittime che avrebbero potuto essere evitate. Nonostante la sua responsabilità diretta per la morte di milioni di lavoratori schiavi e di prigionieri di guerra, Albert Speer evitò miracolosamente la condanna alla forca, che invece ricevettero i suoi compagni nazisti sottoposti al processo a Norimberga. Albert Speer fu l'unico nazista a mostrare un qualche tipo di pentimento e ad accettare la responsabilità condivisa per le atrocità commesse durante il regime nazista. Speer fu condannato solo a 20 anni di detenzione nel carcere di Spandau, pena che scontò pienamente fino all'ultimo giorno. All'uscita di prigione pubblicò un libro di memorie che divenne un best seller mondiale, ebbe una grande ripercussione mediatica e lo fece diventare un uomo ricco. Alla luce del suo pentimento e della sua accettazione delle responsabilità è spesso definito in modo ironico come "il nazista buono". Acquista questo libro per scoprire le strategie che Albert Speer utilizzò per salvarsi dalla forca e per diventare il nazista preferito di tutto il mondo!
Il mio viaggio attraverso l'occidente (Autobiografia)
by Wael El-Manzalawy Mattia BarattoEro molto interessato alla politica ed alle notizie. Ed il risultato fu che sentivo che tutte le persone occidentali ci odiavano. Dato che generalizzare è un errore molto comune, ne fui vittima: ascoltavo le notizie e generalizzavo il mio sentire che tutti gli occidentali ci odiassero e volessero distruggere i nostri paesi. Fin dal 2003, ho cominciato ad usare Internet. Ho avuto a che fare con tante persone occidentali. E gradualmente i miei sentimenti sono cambiati. Vi invito a leggere questo libro e scoprire il mio viaggio attraverso il mondo occidentale.
Il salone degli artisti esiliati in California
by Núria AñóIl salone degli artisti esiliati in California è una biografia di Salka Viertel, un’attrice ebrea che emigrò a Hollywood e fu popolarmente conosciuta come la sceneggiatrice dell’attrice svedese Greta Garbo. Inoltre, era proprietaria di un salone a Santa Monica (California), frequentato da molti intellettuali europei in esilio. Salka Viertel fu una donna molto moderna e singolare che si merita un riconoscimento. Nel libro affiorano temi come la presunta bisessualità di Salka Viertel e la quantità di amici rinomati che aveva, per citarne qualcuno Albert Einstein, Charles Chaplin, Sergei Eisenstein, F. W. Murnau, Max Reinhardt, Arnold Schönberg, Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht, Greta Garbo, Montgomery Clift... Come Gertrude Stein e altre donne celebri, possedeva un salone letterario per il quale passarono molti scrittori, tra cui Truman Capote, Christopher Isherwood, Gore Vidal e molti altri. Altri temi che troviamo sono la Berlino degli anni’20; il passaggio dal cinema muto a quello parlato visto dalla mecca di Hollywood; l’ascesa di Hitler e le conseguenze che ebbe per il popolo ebraico; l’esilio di intellettuali che non potevano tornare ai loro paesi a causa della Seconda guerra mondiale; la Guerra fredda e la caccia alle streghe contro il comunismo. Lo sfondo della vita di Salka Viertel e della sua cerchia di amici comprende i grandi eventi del XX secolo. Grazie a questo progetto, l’autrice ha ottenuto le borse di soggiorno SWP (Cina, 2016) e BCWT (Svezia, 2017). "Lo considero un racconto molto interessante e ancora molto attuale ai giorni nostri, dato che ai miei occhi non abbiamo fatto molti progressi nella questione di accettazione dei “sentimenti interpersonali” in generale. Un grande libro, estremamente interessante, sull’Hollywood degli anni’30 e’40 e l’influenza di artisti da paesi europei come Germania, Aust
Ilan Ramon: Israel's First Astronaut
by Tanya Lee StoneStone tells of the first Israeli, Ilan Ramon, to travel to space.
Ilango Adigal
by M. VaradarajanThe book about Ilango Adigal a great Tamil poet, who was instrumental in the creation of silappathikaram, one of the five great epics of South India.
Iliazd: A Meta-Biography of a Modernist (Hopkins Studies in Modernism)
by Johanna DruckerA captivating portrait of futurist artist Iliazd infused with the reflections of his accidental biographer on the stickiness of the genre.The poet Ilia Zdanevich, known in his professional life as Iliazd, began his career in the pre-Revolutionary artistic circles of Russian futurism. By the end of his life, he was the publisher of deluxe limited edition books in Paris. The recent subject of major exhibitions in Moscow, his native Tbilisi, New York, and other venues, the work of Iliazd has been prized by bibliophiles and collectors for its exquisite book design and innovative typography. Iliazd collaborated with many major figures of modern art—Pablo Picasso, Sonia Delaunay, Max Ernst, Joán Miro, Natalia Goncharova, and Mikhail Larionov, among others. His 1949 anthology, The Poetry of Unknown Words, was the first international anthology of experimental visual and sound poetry ever published. The list of contributors is a veritable "Who's Who" of avant-garde writing and visual art. And Iliazd's unique hands-on engagement with book production and design makes him the ideal case study for considering the book as a modern art form. Iliazd is the first full-length biography of the poet-publisher, as well as the first comprehensive English-language study of his life and work. Johanna Drucker weaves two stories together: the history of Iliazd's work as a modern artist and poet, and the narrative of the author's encounter with his widow and other figures in the process of researching his biography. Drucker's reflection on what a biographical project entails addresses questions about the relationship between documentary evidence and narrative, between contemporary witnesses and retrospective accounts. Ultimately, Drucker asks how we should understand the connection between the life of an artist and their work. Enriched with photographs from the Iliazd archive and a wealth of primary documents, the book is a vivid account of a unique contributor to modernism—and to the way we continue to reevaluate the history of twentieth-century culture. Accounts of Drucker's research during the mid-1980s in the personal archive of Madame Hélène Zdanevich, the poet's widow, lend the narrative an incredible intimacy. Drucker recounts how, sitting in the studio that Iliazd occupied from the late 1930s until his death in 1975, she was drawn into the circle of scholars who had made him their focus and were doing foundational work on his significance. She also coped with the difference between the widow's view of the artist as a man she loved and Drucker's own perception of Iliazd's significance within a critical approach to history. Iliazd is at once a rich study of a significant figure and a thoughtful reflection on the way a biography creates an encounter with its always absent subject.
Ill Met By Moonlight
by W. Stanley MossNOW WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY W. STANLEY MOSS'S DAUGHTER GABRIELLA BULLOCK AND AN AFTERWORD BY PATRICK LEIGH FERMORIll Met By Moonlight is the true story of one of the most hazardous missions of the Second World War. W. Stanley Moss is a young British officer who, along with Major Patrick Leigh Fermor, sets out in Nazi-occupied Crete to kidnap General Kreipe, Commander of the Sevastopool Division, and narrowly escaping the German manhunt, bring him off the island - a vital prisoner for British intelligence.As an account of derring-do and wartime adventure, made into a classic film starring Dirk Bogarde, Ill Met By Moonlight is one of the most brilliantly written, exciting and compelling stories to come out of the Second World War.
Ill Met By Moonlight (Cassell Military Paperbacks Ser.)
by W. Stanley MossNOW WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY W. STANLEY MOSS'S DAUGHTER GABRIELLA BULLOCK AND AN AFTERWORD BY PATRICK LEIGH FERMORIll Met By Moonlight is the true story of one of the most hazardous missions of the Second World War. W. Stanley Moss is a young British officer who, along with Major Patrick Leigh Fermor, sets out in Nazi-occupied Crete to kidnap General Kreipe, Commander of the Sevastopool Division, and narrowly escaping the German manhunt, bring him off the island - a vital prisoner for British intelligence.As an account of derring-do and wartime adventure, made into a classic film starring Dirk Bogarde, Ill Met By Moonlight is one of the most brilliantly written, exciting and compelling stories to come out of the Second World War.