Böcker av Robin Cross

A celebration of the man who touched the hearts of millions and changed the perception of nations. Neither a turgid biography, nor a muck-raking exposé of private sins or public misdemeanours, this book celebrates the man who changed the perception of the world and Americans' perception of themselves and their nation after the drab Eisenhower years, and perceptions of what was possible worldwide at the start of the heady decade of the 1960s. It is time once more to celebrate rather than denigrate the man and his achievements. Robin Cross has written books on Franklin D. Roosevelt and twentieth-century history. He also writes on military history and film.

World War II was the deadliest war that humankind has experienced so far. But while great attention has been paid to the statesmen and strategies that drove it, the troops on the front lines bore the brunt. Here are their stories. The stories included in this collection bear testimony to the many faces of soldiering in the greatest conflict in human history. The reality of war with its strange combination of tedium, tension and terror is vividly evoked from sniping duels in the ruins of Stalingrad to the bitter battles fought for tiny islands in the Pacific Ocean and the clash of armour in Normandy. From generals to GIs, these are the true voices of men at war. The editor of True Stories of World War II, Robin Cross is an author and journalist who specializes in military history. He has written many books, more than 150 TV programmes, and features for magazines and newspapers including the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Express. He lives in Hertfordshire.

Journey through Winston Churchill's life, filtered through landscapes he encountered in a career almost unimaginable today: Kaiser's Germany days before the Great War; New York the day of the Wall Street Crash; curdled delights of Crimea during Yalta Conference 1945; & French Riviera of post-war years. All left their mark on him, as he did on them.

Highlighting the most important conventional weapons of all time the book also embraces concepts, communications and inventions that help to ensure victory in the theatre of war.