Surveys Cambodia's recent history, looks at the rise and fall of the Khmer Rouge, and shares interviews with survivors of and refugees from the government of Pol Pot
During World War II, everyday life is disrupted in a small village in Sumatra when the Japanese set up a prisoner-of-war camp filled with Dutch internees, in a compelling novel that captures the devastating consequences of war.
In occupied Holland during World War II, a teenage girl's work for the Dutch resistance becomes dangerously complicated when she falls in love with a German soldier.
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“Doris Miller. I met you the other week, when you was helping Miss Rathbone on her report.” “Yes, of course. I remember now. You spoke to the Pensions Committee about how hard it's been for you. I believe you lost both your husband and ...
This volume makes available some of the most exciting research currently underway into Greek society after Liberation.
Alex Moussafir (Cape Town, student) Henry J. Muller (Philippines, American soldier) Jakob Murkes (Urals, engineer) Harry Osborne (British soldier, Greece) Alan Palmer (England, naval cadet) Veronica Palmer (England, schoolgirl) Abraham ...
This is a brilliant and eye-opening debut and an invaluable addition to our understanding of the Civil War as it has never been rendered before.
A hero to his people, Onoda wrote down his experiences soon after his return to civilization. This book was translated into English the following year and has enjoyed an approving audience ever since.
The memoir of a World War II vet, training to be a waist gunner in a B-17, flying missions over Europe, getting shot down and taken prisoner by the SS, being a POW for months in a Stalag, walking hundreds of miles with thousands of other GI ...
She, Ryan and their children moved into a modern house in Lydiate, on the very outskirts of Liverpool, taking Bridie with them and leaving Paddy alone in the house in Coral Street, not that heminded. As agent for the LabourParty hewas ...