Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget
Author: Professor Maggie Andrews
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2011-06-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0752473344

'Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.' These words, spoken at war memorials across the United Kingdom and around the world on 11 November every year, encapsulate how we commemorate our war dead. Lest We Forget looks at how we remember not only those who died in battle, but also those whose memory is important to us in other ways. This wide-ranging review considers such topics as Holocaust Memorial Day, the Hillsborough Disaster, memories of the Spanish Civil War, the genocide in Rwanda, Diana, Princess of Wales and the role of the Cenotaph and the National Memorial Arboretum. With an endorsement from The Royal British Legion, which celebrates its 90th anniversary in 2011, this is a timely study, and is relevant not only to people in the United Kingdom, but recognises the universal need to remember.

Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun
Author: Dalton Trumbo
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2013-11-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0806537604

The Searing Portrayal Of War That Has Stunned And Galvanized Generations Of Readers An immediate bestseller upon its original publication in 1939, Dalton Trumbo?s stark, profoundly troubling masterpiece about the horrors of World War I brilliantly crystallized the uncompromising brutality of war and became the most influential protest novel of the Vietnam era. Johnny Got His Gun is an undisputed classic of antiwar literature that?s as timely as ever. ?A terrifying book, of an extraordinary emotional intensity.?--The Washington Post "Powerful. . . an eye-opener." --Michael Moore "Mr. Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury amounting to eloquence."--The New York Times "A book that can never be forgotten by anyone who reads it."--Saturday Review

Bearing Witness to the Holocaust, 1939-1989

Bearing Witness to the Holocaust, 1939-1989
Author: Alan L. Berger
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Total Pages: 386
Release: 1991
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780773496446

Survivor testimonies and philosophical responses to the Holocaust, testifying to the tenacity and self-renewal of the human spirit. Essays from the 1989 Scholar's Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches.

Rules for Radicals

Rules for Radicals
Author: Saul Alinsky
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2010-06-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0307756890

“This country's leading hell-raiser" (The Nation) shares his impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know “the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one.” First published in 1971 and written in the midst of radical political developments whose direction Alinsky was one of the first to question, this volume exhibits his style at its best. Like Thomas Paine before him, Alinsky was able to combine, both in his person and his writing, the intensity of political engagement with an absolute insistence on rational political discourse and adherence to the American democratic tradition.

One Soldier's Story 1939-1945

One Soldier's Story 1939-1945
Author: George S. MacDonell
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2002-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1550024086

This story details the fateful adventures of two Canadian army regiments dispatched to the Pacific to face the Japanese.