books about: wartime     books:     Wartime      Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime Eliot A. Cohen Anchor, 2003 War is too important to be left to the generals According to the appendix of the book, there is civilian control because military expertise may be isolated. There is a theory of objective control, but it doesn't suffice. The leadership of a Lincoln, a Ben-Gurion, a Churchill does not depend upon the separation of ...             The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington Jennet Conant Simon & Schuster, 2008 When Roald Dahl, a dashing young wounded RAF pilot, took up his post at the British Embassy in Washington in 1942, his assignment was to use his good looks, wit, and considerable charm to gain access to the most powerful figures in American political life. A patriot eager to do his part to save his country from a Nazi invasion, he invaded the ...             All the Laws but One: Civil Liberties in Wartime William H. Rehnquist Vintage, 2000 Brilliant and prescient Rehnquist wrote this before Sept 11, but it is a book that has added meaning today. Mostly the Chief Justice focuses on the suspecnsion of Habeas Corpus by ABraham Lincoln and its ramifications for Civil Liberties and the abuse of them during war time. This is not a ...             The Forger: An Extraordinary Story of Survival in Wartime Berlin Cioma Schonhaus Da Capo Press, 2008 The Forger I thought this was a very good book to show how clever some people can be in the face of adversity. This young man outsmarted the Nazis at every turn and lived to tell t he tale. I lived in Berlin from 1965-1968 and I'm sure that is one of the reasons I can ...             U.S. M1 Carbines, Wartime Production, 5th Revised and Expanded Edition Craig Riesch North Cape Publications, Inc., 2007 U.S.M1 Carbines, Wartime Production,5th Revised and expanded may be his best effort yet on this subject.enjoyed the pictures.could use more information on the odd ball stuff that the average buyer will never see[t-3,expirmentals, various proto types] and a little more history after WW11. still a great book.             Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller Burke Davis Bantam, 1991 Greatest Marine ever! Chesty Puller is the greatest Marine ever, and this book delves into the events that shaped this man. This book taps into the ineffencies that Puller had but also showed the strengths that Puller strived on. It's very interesting to see that Chesty was not very ...             Modern American Women: A Documentary History Susan Ware McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2001 good - but there are better anthologies Susan Ware's documentary history of women in the 20th century has some great material, but very little of it is ground-breaking, and much of it is a rather narrow representation of the female experience. There are the ubiquitous documents and accounts of the ...             The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey Louise Borden Houghton Mifflin, 2005 The timely WWII rescue that saved Curious George for posterity This will be a present for my nephew George's 37th birthday. He loved Curious George as a child, and still does. It's wonderful how someone carries a love for a childhood toy, book, etc. throughout their life. Such an individual eternally has a special spot in their ...             Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War Paul Fussell Oxford University Press, USA, 1990 Finally -- The Truth About World War II Paul Fussell's brilliant, earthy account of the lives of everyday soldiers in WWII is vastly superior to the shallow pap of Tom Brokaw's The Greatest Generation, or the pretentious PBS documentary series, The War. My highest recommendation!             Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime SarajevoRevised Edition Zlata Filipovic Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 Great Book Sheesh...this is the product of a child, not the work of a Pulitzer prize winning journalist. It is an excellent diary, an excellent primary source and an excellent text for a better understanding of the Yugoslav wars. Yes...it does only tell one point of view - hers ...             Zigzag: The Incredible Wartime Exploits of Double Agent Eddie Chapman Nicholas Booth Arcade Publishing, 2007 Fresh,absorbing page-turner: Nerves of steel, pinch of Sargeant Schultz The book is a great read and that's hard to find. The big thing about Eddie Chapman's story is it shows one of the millions or billions of instances in which a potentially solid fate sours when confronted with downturns, constrained opportunity, hormones, etc. Today, ...             Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood Binjamin Wilkomirski Schocken, 1997 Memories of a Wartime Childhood It is in Fragments now, a total hoax. A Holocaust survivor memoir that has received prestigious literary awards and lavish praise has been exposed as a hoax. In Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood, Binjamin Wilkomirski describes his ordeal as an infant in the ...             The Constitution in Wartime: Beyond Alarmism and Complacency (Constitutional Conflicts) Richard Pildes Duke University Press, 2005 Amazon info incorrect The editor of this book is Mark Tushnet. The other names listed above are contributors (as Tushnet is also). The book is well described in Tushnet's Introduction (pp. 1-7).             Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence St. Martin's Griffin, 2008 Tragedy to Triumph I truly enjoyed reading "Babylon's Ark." The news is often full of disheartening examples of man's inhumanity to man and to animals. It's wonderful to see examples of courage and love that show us man's great humanity. Such is the case of Lawrence Anthony, a ...             Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime John Dunning Pocket, 2002 Good period piece -- captures live radio drama beautifully. Dunning's book holds it's own on 2 levels: as a period mystery and as a reminiscence of live radio drama of the 40's. Younger audiences may find it dated, but as someone born at the tail end of World War II, I liked the way it captured the feel of that time. One ...          products you might be interested in search for books complacency, constitution, constitutional, extraordinary, sarajevorevised, understanding      toavi.com    web we recommend Great Book randomly chosen health & personal care: Nestle Good Start Natural Cultures Infant Formula with DHA & ARA, Powder, ...