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Generalissimo Churchill
Par R. W Thompson. 1973
The author recognizes Churchill's greatness as a national leader in the time of war, but asserts that Churchill's attempts to…
usurp the role of Commander-in-Chief led Britain to the brink of disaster. 1973.Homage to Catalonia (Orwell centenary edition)
Par George Orwell. 2003
When George Orwell joined up to fight in the Spanish Civil War, it seemed like the beginning of 'an era…
of equality and freedom'. The text chronicles his experiences: the revolutionary euphoria of Barcelona, the courage of the ordinary Spanish men and women he fought alongside, the terror and confusion of the front, his near-fatal bullet wound and the cynical betrayal of his allies. 2003.Generation kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the new face of American war
Par Evan Wright. 2004
A journalist embedded with a marine reconnaissance platoon during the invasion of Iraq in 2003 explains how this generation of…
soldiers differs from their predecessors. Describes cases of collateral damage and the deaths of comrades as American troops entered Baghdad. Some descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence and explicit strong language. 2004.Fisher's face, or, Getting to know the admiral: Or,:getting To Know The Admiral
Par Jan Morris. 1995
A biography of Lord Admiral John "Jacky" Fisher, the genius who transformed the Royal Navy into the world's premier sea…
power just in time for World War I. Portrays the enigmatic Fisher as religious, flamboyant, humourous, cruel, and eerily prescient about future wars and warfare. 1995.Flags of our fathers
Par James Bradley, Ron Powers. 2000
Recounts the story of the six young Marines who raised the flag at Iwo Jima during fierce combat on the…
obscure Japanese-held island in 1945. Author Bradley, the son of one of the soldiers, recreates his father's experiences as well as those of the five men who fought beside him. Bestseller. 2000.In 1972 the Imperial War Museum set about the momentous task of tracing ordinary veterans and survivors of the First…
World War and interviewing them in detail about their experiences. The Imperial War Museum Sound Archive includes first-hand experiences of British, French, German, American, Canadian and Anzac soldiers and provides a vivid and compelling account of day-to-day life during one of the most harrowing periods of modern history. Now, thirty years on, after unlimited access to the First World War tapes, the author and his researchers have created this landmark history of the First World War - told in the words of the ordinary men and women who experienced it first hand. 2002.Custer
Par Larry McMurtry. 2012
McMurtry turns his attention to George A. Custer, a complex man who has captivated historians for over a century. From…
graduating last in his class at West Point to leading the ill-fated 7th Cavalry in the attack at Little Bighorn, Custer forged a legacy - still very much alive today - as one of the West's most enduring historical figures. 2012.Fifteen days: stories of bravery, friendship, life and death from inside the new Canadian Army
Par Christie Blatchford. 2007
Blatchford has covered the conflict in Afghanistan as an embedded reporter, and provides observations of military life in the twenty-first…
century. The troops share their accounts of their desire to serve, their willingness to confront fear and danger on the battlefield, their loyalty towards each other and the heartbreak occasioned by the loss of one of their own. Descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence and some strong language. Winner of the 2008 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 2007.Fearful symmetry: the search for beauty in modern physics
Par A Zee. 1987
Eyes of the blind
Par Barth Hoogstraten. 2001
Hoogstraten was a Dutch medical student in 1942 when the Nazis wanted him to sign a loyalty decree to the…
occupying forces. He refused to do so and went into hiding, taking shelter with Ann and Bets Frank, two blind middle-aged music teachers. Some descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2001.Falcon's cry: a Desert Storm memoir
Par Michael Donnelly, Denise Donnelly. 1998
Memoir of a Persian Gulf War combat pilot who was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease in 1996. Donnelly recounts his…
struggle to force the military establishment to acknowledge a link between his illness and wartime exposure to chemical and biological weapons in Iraq. Some strong language. 1998.Eichmann before Jerusalem: the unexamined life of a mass murderer
Par Ruth Martin, Bettina Stangneth. 2014
A total re-assessment of the life of Adolf Eichmann that reveals his activities and notoriety amongst a global network of…
National Socialists following the collapse of the Third Reich, and permanently challenges Hannah Arendt’s notion of the “banality of evil.” Smuggled out of Europe after the collapse of Germany, Eichmann managed to live a peaceful and active exile in Argentina for years before his capture by the Mossad. Though once widely known by nicknames such as “Manager of the Holocaust,” in 1961 he was able to portray himself as an overworked bureaucrat following orders. How was this carefully crafted obfuscation possible? How did a central architect of the Final Solution manage to disappear? And what had he done with his time while in hiding? 2014. Uniform title: Eichmann vor Jerusalem.Duty: a father, his son, and the man who won the war
Par Bob Greene. 2000
Based on interviews with his father's hero--the B-29 pilot who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in August 1945--a…
syndicated columnist delivers a tribute to a passing generation. Explores the values of World War II veterans and their commitment to patriotism, courage, and a sense of duty. Bestseller. 2000.Doing battle: the making of a skeptic
Par Paul Fussell. 1996
Memoirs of a literary scholar describing his experience as a young soldier in World War II. Fussell expounds on the…
everlasting impact the war had on his psyche and delivers excoriating commentary on many subjects. Some violence and some strong language. 1996.Devil at my heels: a heroic Olympian's astonishing story of survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
Par David Rensin, Louis Zamperini. 2011
A youthful troublemaker, a world-class NCAA miler, a 1936 Olympian, a WWII bombardier: Louis Zamperini had a fuller life than…
most. But on May 27, 1943, it all changed when his B-24 crashed into the Pacific Ocean, leaving Louis and two other survivors drifting on a raft for forty-seven days and two thousand miles, waiting in vain to be rescued. When they finally reached land, they were captured by the Japanese. Louis spent the next two years as a prisoner of war--tortured and humiliated, routinely beaten, starved and forced into slave labour--while the Army Air Corps declared him dead and sent official condolences to his family. On his return home, memories of the war haunted him and nearly destroyed his marriage, until a spiritual rebirth transformed him. 2011.By chance alone: a remarkable true story of courage and survival at Auschwitz
Par Max Eisen. 2016
Tibor "Max" Eisen was born in Moldava, Czechoslovakia into an Orthodox Jewish family. In the spring of 1944, gendarmes forcibly…
removed Eisen and his family from their home. They were brought to a brickyard and eventually loaded onto crowded cattle cars bound for Auschwitz-Birkenau. Winner of Canada Reads 2019. Bestseller. 2016.Courage in the air: Canada's Military Heritage (Canada's military heritage. #1.)
Par William Arthur Bishop. 1992
Backlines
Par Bob Spall. 1996
Bob Spall is an accidental airman from North Vancouver who joined the RCAF in 1939 on impulse, but never made…
it out of Canada to fight in the war. This is the story of ordinary Canadians during the war years, a time that brought jobs, travel, and personal challenges. 1996.Blackouts to bright lights: Canadian war bride stories
Par Barbara Ladouceur, Phyllis Spence. 1995
Thirty-six war brides recount their journeys from the blackouts of war-torn Britain to the bright lights of Canada. Through oral…
histories, they recall the declaration of war, the bombing raids, the new job opportunities for women, the excitement of meeting Canadian servicemen on leave, and speak of starting new lives in Canada. 1995.