War Stories

  • War Stories: The Search for a Usable Past in the Federal Republic of Germany
    By Robert G. Moeller

    ... portrayal of Maria in Die Trapp - Familie ( the basis for the American musical and movie The Sound of Music ) , in which the erstwhile nun softens the edges of the brusque but kindhearted Austrian Baron von Trapp ; evades evil Nazis ...

  • War Stories: Poems about Long Ago and Now
    By Howard Nemerov

    From "The War in the Heavens" to "The War in the Streets," Nemerov chronicles with devastating grace the harrowing of life. "These new poems of Howard Nemerov are the poems of a master at his best. What is more, they are accessible.

  • War Stories: Suffering and Sacrifice in the Civil War North
    By Frances M. Clarke

    ... and a near mutiny was set to break out among some of the regimental officers, according to Benjamin W. Crowninshield,A ... 3—4, and Bliss Perry, ed., Life andLetters ofHenry Lee Higginson (Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1921), 175.

  • War Stories: A Daring Young Air Force Pilot's True Adventures in World War II
    By Bob Bostick

    This book is a highly recommended to teachers and students of history, for all ages.

  • War Stories: The Search for a Usable Past in the Federal Republic of Germany
    By Robert G. Moeller

    Moeller conveys the complicated story of how West Germans recast the past after the Second World War.

  • War Stories: Usborne True Stories
    By Paul Dowswell

    Usborne True Stories Paul Dowswell. Pirates Incredible but true tales of the high seas, from the first pirates at the time of the Greeks and the Romans, to the years when pirates truly ruled the seas. Polar Adventures A gripping ...

  • War Stories: The Causes and Consequences of Public Views of War
    By Matthew A. Baum, Tim J. Groeling

    Most of us learn virtually everything we know about foreign policy from media reporting of elite opinions. In War Stories, Baum and Groeling reveal precisely what this means for the future of American foreign policy.

  • War Stories
    By Gordon Korman

    Trevor thinks this is the coolest idea ever.

  • War Stories: Remembering World War II
    By Elizabeth Mullener

    All poignantly related through Mullener’s graceful and compelling prose, the episodes in War Stories provide an unusually intimate history of World War II and a direct, visceral connection to the central event of the twentieth century.

  • War Stories: The Culture of Foreign Correspondents
    By Mark Pedelty

    Going beyond those specifics to look at the institutions, practices, myths, and rituals that pattern the work of journalists everywhere. He tells us the stories of war correspondents at work and at play, as they cover the news.

  • War Stories: Poems about Long Ago and Now
    By Howard Nemerov

    Poems deal with history, loss, combat, royalty, politics, sacrifice, grief, biographies, the theater, and reading

  • War Stories: False Atrocity Tales, Swift Boaters, and Winter SoldiersùWhat Really Happened in Vietnam
    By Gary Kulik

    As we are faced with future war stories from Iraq and Afghanistan and their likely exploitation, the moral stance and the lessons learned in this book will be especially important."

  • War Stories: The War Memoir in History and Literature
    By Philip Dwyer

    This collection of essays is one of the first to explore the modern war memoir, revealing the genre’s surprising capacity for breadth and sophistication while remaining sensitive to the challenges it poses for scholars.

  • War Stories: Operation Iraqi Freedom
    By Oliver North

    This updated edition features a new chapter detailing the events after the end of major hostilities—including the capture of Saddam Hussein—and brand-new action photos straight from the front line.

  • War Stories
    By Michael Morpurgo

    He was a Limey and he needed help, didn't he? So maybe this American was the person to provide it ... 'Well, I could use a cup of coffee and a bite to eat myself,' said the GI. 'How'd you like to tag along? I'm pretty sure Uncle Sam ...

  • War Stories: D-Day to the Liberation of Paris
    By Robert O. Babcock

    The division suffered over 30,000 casualties-killed and wounded. This book, the first of a three-book series, tells the history of the 4th Infantry Division in WWII through the stories of those who fought the battles.

  • War Stories
    By Chris Weston, David Lloyd, Garth Ennis

    Presents a collection of tales, set during World War II, in comic book form.

  • War Stories: Reporting in the Time of Conflict from the Crimea to Iraq
    By Harold Evans

    From the time of the Crimean War in 1853 to the Second Gulf War, Evans tells the stories of war correspondents who served as the "eyes of history": Ernest Hemingway, Alexander Dumas, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, John Steinback, and ...

  • War Stories: Gripping Tales of Courage, Cunning and Compassion
    By Peter Snow, Ann MacMillan

    Gripping Tales of Courage, Cunning and Compassion Peter Snow, Ann MacMillan ... Slovak filmmaker Matej Minac has made three films about Winton's work: a drama, All My Loved Ones (1999) with Rupert Graves playing Winton; the documentary ...

  • War Stories: Some Memories from the Firehouse Years
    By Lew LeBlanc

    fall out of their pocket and they'd be in your way, bouncing around as you felt your way along. When we finally got some new breathing ... I went back and found another way up to level two. As I was going through 3 the trapdoor to level ...