The Mammoth Book Of True War Stories

Download or read book The Mammoth Book of True War Stories written by Jon Lewis and published by Robinson Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heroism and horror are the keynotes of this gripping new collection of war writing. Includes analyses by celebrated historians, letters home by ordinary GI's, high-adrenalin accounts by front-line combatants and memorable reportage by top war correspondents.

Download or read book The Mammoth Book of True War Stories written by Jon E. Lewis and published by Carroll & Graf Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together stirring tales of battle and bloodshed from across the centuries, this collection of true war stories includes tales that range from the wars of ancient Greece to the deserts of Saudi Arabia in 1991. Original.

Download or read book True War Stories written by Jon E. Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Mammoth Book of True War Stories written by Jon E. Lewis and published by Running PressBook Pub. This book was released on 2005-03-28 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of sixty stories from the front lines of war includes accounts from Ernest Hemingway on the Spanish Civil War, Tim O'Brien on the War in Vietnam, and John Reed on the Mexican Revolution, among others. Original.

Download or read book The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War written by Jon E. Lewis and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1969, following the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, over 500,000 US troops were ‘in country’ in Vietnam. Before America’s longest war had ended with the fall of Saigon in 1975, 450,000 Vietnamese had died, along with 36,000 Americans. The Vietnam War was the first rock ’n’ roll war, the first helicopter war with its doctrine of ‘airmobility’, and the first television war; it made napalm and the defoliant Agent Orange infamous, and gave us the New Journalism of Michael Herr and others. It also saw the establishment of the Navy SEALs and Delta Force. At home, America fractured, with the peace movement protesting against the war; at Kent State University, Ohio National Guardsmen fired on unarmed students, killing four and injuring nine. Lewis’s compelling selection of the best writing to come out of a war covered by some truly outstanding writers, both journalists and combatants, includes an eyewitness account of the first major battle between the US Army and the People’s Army of Vietnam at Ia Drang; a selection of letters home; Nicholas Tomalin’s famous ‘The General Goes Zapping Charlie Cong’; Robert Mason’s ‘R&R’, Studs Terkel’s account of the police breaking up an anti-war protest; John Kifner on the shootings at Kent State; Ron Kovic’s ‘Born on the Fourth of July’; John T. Wheeler’s ‘Khe Sanh: Live in the V Ring’; Pulitzer Prize-winner Seymour Hersh on the massacre at My Lai; Michael Herr’s ‘It Made You Feel Omni’; Viet Cong Truong Nhu Tang’s memoir; naval nurse Maureen Walsh’s memoir, ‘Burning Flesh’; John Pilger on the fall of Saigon; and Tim O’Brien’s ‘If I Die in a Combat Zone’.

Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics written by Paul Gravett and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2008-08-12 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mammoth Books: From history to manga, true crime to sci-fi, these anthologies feature top-name contributors and award-winning editors.

Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Cover-Ups written by Jon E. Lewis and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Assassination of JFK, 9/11, the Da Vinci Code, The Death of Diana, Men in Black, Pearl Harbor, The Illuminati, Protocols of Zion,Hess, The Bilderberg Group, New World Order, ElvisFluoridization, Martin Luther King's murder, Opus Dei, The Gemstone Files, John Paul I, Dead Sea Scrolls, Lockerbie bombing, Black helicopters... In other words everything 'they' never wanted you to know and were afraid you might ask! Jon E. Lewis explores the 100 most terrifying cover-ups of all time, from the invention of Jesus' divinity (pace the Da Vinci Code) to Bush's and Blair's real agenda in invading Iraq. Entertainingly written and closely documented, the book provides each cover-up with a plausibility rating. Uncover why the Titanic sank, ponder the sinister Vatican/Mafia network that plotted the assassination of liberal John Paul, find out why NASA 'lost' its files on Mars, read why no-one enters Area 51, and consider why medical supplies were already on site at Edgware Road before the 7/7 bombs detonated. Just because you are paranoid, it doesn't mean that they aren't out to conspire against you.