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Author's selection from her reporting on wars in progress and wars about to be, during eight years in twelve countries, when she worked as a correspondent for "Colliers."

This classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series, hosted by NBC news commentator Bob Wilson, shows eight case histories depicting the strife and struggles around the world since World War II. Viewers of this video from the National Archives and Records Administration will gain a greater understanding of cold war events through the U.S. Army camera's eyes. Cases include Malaya, Vietnam, Greece, Korea, Guatemala, Lebanon, Taiwan,...

An account by the British Field Marshall of the causes and conduct of the principal wars throughout the world since 1945, tracing the interaction of political and military events.

Focusing on the soldiers of the two world wars and Vietnam, and on the accounts written by victims of war - survivors of POW camps, the Nazi death camps, and the atom bombs - Samuel Hynes shows us how war looks to a soldier on the field at the Somme, or Khe Sanh, or the Salerno beachhead, to a pilot in a Spitfire over the Channel or a B-17 over Schweinfurt, or to a sailor in the Coral Sea. He draws from accounts recorded under fire and from memories...

Describe y evalúa el impacto global de diez de los acontecimientos más importantes del siglo veinte.

Since the end of World War II, over fifty countries around the world have been racked with violence of epidemic proportions: civil wars, armed foreign interventions, terrorist actions, and ethnic conflict. Organized by country, this book offers key statistical data, discusses the historical origins of the tensions, characterizes the parties involved, and examines possible outcomes.--From publisher description.