1918: War and Peace by Gregor DallasRequirements: .ePUB reader, 5.4 MBOverview: On the night of 7 November 1918 French troops at La Capelle, on the Western Front, noticed a soft halo develop in the fog over no man’s land. They heard the rumble of cars, then perceived the vague form of a huge white flag: […]
Peace and Prisoners of War: A South Vietnamese Memoir of the Vietnam War by Phan Nhat NamRequirements: .MP3 reader, 248 MBOverview: American discussions of the Vietnam War tend to gloss over the period from 1972 to the final North Vietnamese offensive in 1975. But these were brutal times for America’s South Vietnamese allies combined with […]
My Father’s Son: Memories of War and Peace by Farley MowatRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1.6 MBOverview: The follow-up to And No Birds Sang, Farley Mowat’s memoir My Father’s Son charts the course of a family relationship in the midst of extreme trial. Taking place during Mowat’s years in the Italian Campaign, the memoir is mostly told […]
Warriors and Peacemakers: How Third Parties Shape Violence by Mark CooneyRequirements: .ePUB reader, 2.0 MBOverview: Why do some conflicts escalate into violence while others dissipate harmlessly? Under what circumstances will people kill, and why? While homicide has been viewed largely in the pathological terms of “crime” and “deviance,” violence, Mark Cooney contends, is a naturally-occurring […]
Peace, War and Whitehall: A Memoir by Charles GuthrieRequirements: .ePUB reader, 14 MBOverview: Charles Guthrie has been one of Britain’s foremost soldiers as well as a terrific personality throughout his remarkable life. It is great that he is now telling his own story.’ – Sir Max Hastings Field Marshal the Lord Guthrie commanded at every […]