After the war, many of the soldiers and sailors and airmen went to college on the GI Bill, inspired and encouraged by the books they’d read—and by realizing they did in fact enjoy reading. The Council of Books in Wartime’s motto was “Books are weapons in the war of ideas.” This...
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This is just one of the many details that led numerous reviewers to call The Colours of the Night the most accurate and authentic account of life on an RAF bomber base during World War Two written from a woman’s point of view . Virginia Bennett, the novel’s narrator, is a member of...
“... McShane's descriptions of the American West, and the air war in Europe during World War II, are the best I've ever read.” -San Francisco Bay Guardian “The Old West collides with World War II. Strap in and hold on for the ride of your life” ...
stories, motivational biographies to thought-provoking books, and self-help books to touch your heart. Our selected books will broaden your horizons such as ” Call at Home, ” Boys at the Back of the Class” are some of the books that will be on display at the New Delhi World Book ...
War, Politics and Memory: Russian Historians Reevaluate the Origins of World War II The myth of the Great Patriotic War, including the role of the USSR in the origins of World War II, continues to be a key element in the national identity ......
DuringWorld War IIGeisel’s focus shifted to politics. In the early 1940s he was an editorial cartoonist atPMmagazine inNew York City. Although his politicalcartoonspointedlycritiquedAmericanisolationismand “America First” attitudes, some of them also containedxenophobicandsexisttropes and racist depic...
World War II made Bates famous. Commissioned as a writer for the Royal Air Force in 1941, as “Flying Officer X” he gained great popularity with The Greatest People in the World (1942) and How Sleep the Brave (1943), collections of stories that conveyed the feel of flying in wartime....
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摘要: New First World War books mark centennial--TORONTO - It's been 100 years since the start of the...收藏 引用 批量引用 报错 分享 全部来源 求助全文 questia.com 相似文献SMART MONEY Centennial Park, funded in part by a grant from the National Coastal Resilience Fund. The fund, part ...