Promises of Citizenship: Film Recruitment of African Americans in World War II
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Since the earliest days of the nation, US citizenship has been linked to military service. Even...
Dogs of Courage: When Britain's Pets Went to War 1939-45
Christy Campbell and Clare Campbell
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In Bonzo's War, Clare Campbell told the fascinating story of what it was like for Britain's pets...
A Very Expensive Poison: The Definitive Story of the Murder of Litvinenko and Russia's War with the West
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Read an exclusive blog by the author 1st November 2006: Alexander Litvinenko is brazenly...
The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows
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Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an...
The Sowreys: A Unique and Remarkable Record of One Family's Sixty-five Years of Distinguished Service
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A fascinating look into the extraordinary history of the Sowrey family; an RAF dynasty whose service...
Season of Infamy: A Diary of War and Occupation, 1939-1945
Charles Rist, Michele McKay Aynesworth and Robert O. Paxton
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In 1939, the 65-year old French political economist Charles Rist was serving as advisor to the...
Mr Iyer Goes to War
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An inventive, ambitious interpretation of Don Quixote for our times, Mr Iyer Goes To War is a...
We Stormed the Reichstag
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In 1941 when Germany invaded the Soviet Union Vassili Subbotin was caught up as an ordinary soldier...
Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
Annette Dumbach and Jud Newborn
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This is the gripping story of the five Munich university students who set up an underground...
Christmas at Woolworths
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1942. All across Britain, people's lives have been altered by the war, and for the girls of...