Sheds new light on the mistreatment of downed airmen during World War II and the overall relationship between the air war and state-sponsored violence. Throughout the vast expanse of the Pacific, the remoteness of Southeast Asia, and the rural and urban communities in Nazi-occupied Europe, more than 120,000 American airmen were shot down over enemy territory during World War II, thousands of whom were mistreated and executed. The perpetrators were not just solely fanatical soldiers or Nazi zealots but also ordinary civilians triggered by the death and devastation inflicted by the war. In Forgotten Casualties, author Kevin T Hall examines Axis violence inflicted on downed Allied airmen during this global war. Compared with all other armed conflicts, World War II exhibited the most widespread and ruthless violence committed against airmen. Flyers were deemed guilty because of their association with the Allied air forces, and their fate remained in the hands of their often-hostile captors. Axis citizens angered by the devastation inflicted by the war, along with the regimes’ consent and often encouragement of citizens to take matters into their own hands, resulted in thousands of Allied flyers’ being mistreated and executed by enraged civilians. Written to help advance the relatively limited discourse on the mistreatment against flyers in World War II, Forgotten Casualties is the first book to analyze the Axis violence committed against Allied airmen in a comparative, international perspective. Effectively comparing and contrasting the treatment of POWs in Germany with that of their counterparts in Japan, Hall’s thorough analysis of rarely seen primary and secondary sources sheds new light on the largely overlooked complex relationship among the air war, propaganda, the role of civilians, and state-sponsored terror during the radicalized conflict. Sources include postwar trial testimonies, Missing Air Crew Reports (MACR), Escape and Evasion reports, perpetrators’ explanations and rationalizations for their actions, extensive judicial sources, transcripts of court proceedings, autopsy reports, appeals for clemency, and justifications for verdicts. Drawing heavily on airmen’s personal accounts and the testimonies of both witnesses and perpetrators from the postwar crimes trials, Forgotten Casualties offers a new narrative of this largely overlooked aspect of Axis violence.
Автор: Hall Kevin Название: Aspire: Discovering Your Purpose Through the Power of Words ISBN: 0061964549 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780061964541 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 2820.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Teaches readers to understand what words mean in their purest sense and unlock their importance as they develop a thoughtful new vocabulary. This book helps you in business, in personal relationships, and every other walk of life. It shows how to use these words as building blocks for success and contentment.
Автор: Hall, Kevin Michael Название: Class act ISBN: 1398402931 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781398402935 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1924.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Biggsy is an idealistic 50-year-old English teacher in a West London boys' secondary school. A maverick head of department who battled against the educational establishment for twenty-five years, he's beginning to crack. His departmental colleagues love him, but he suspects that the school's management team is out to get rid of him. His wife, Myra, a medical secretary, is his mainstay. She patiently endures his total commitment to his calling without complaint. However, when she realises that his work is taking an inordinate emotional toll on his personality, her patience wears thin. Through his exchanges with teenage Ella, their only child, Biggsy reveals his beliefs about the connections between literary theory and the lives we all lead. But a violent assault on one of his students, an unexpected sexual encounter and professional betrayal expose the flaws in his philosophy. He discovers that trying to think one's way through life is all very well, but the time comes when one has to act.
Автор: Saylor Aaron, Hall Kevin Название: Lost Change and Loose Cousins ISBN: 0615840833 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615840833 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1378.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: LOST CHANGE AND LOOSE COUSINS, the new book by Aaron Saylor & Strother Kevin Hall, is exactly what its title implies: an eclectic collection of short fiction and nonfiction pieces that combine into a wholly satisfying journey across genres. Aaron Saylor (author of the acclaimed Southern gangster novel SEWERVILLE) contributes most of the fiction here, ranging from amusing ("The Autobiography of Nobody", "Sewerville: the Lay of the Land") to melancholy ("The Sweet Smell of Pine Needles") to outright horror ("The Dead on Black River","Apep, the Darkness"). Hall provides all of the nonfiction with a series of essays, some inspired from his childhood, some from just a few days ago. He also contributes some fiction, including the emotional "Nonsense," which weaves five interconnecting short stories into one larger tale. Note: the paperback version of LOST CHANGE AND LOOSE COUSINS includes the additional work "Philosopher Dog: Issue One", a fantasy comic-book script about a time-travelling yorkshire terrier.
Автор: Hall, Kevin Michael Название: Class act ISBN: 139840294X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781398402942 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3855.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Biggsy is an idealistic 50-year-old English teacher in a West London boys' secondary school. A maverick head of department who battled against the educational establishment for twenty-five years, he's beginning to crack. His departmental colleagues love him, but he suspects that the school's management team is out to get rid of him. His wife, Myra, a medical secretary, is his mainstay. She patiently endures his total commitment to his calling without complaint. However, when she realises that his work is taking an inordinate emotional toll on his personality, her patience wears thin. Through his exchanges with teenage Ella, their only child, Biggsy reveals his beliefs about the connections between literary theory and the lives we all lead. But a violent assault on one of his students, an unexpected sexual encounter and professional betrayal expose the flaws in his philosophy. He discovers that trying to think one's way through life is all very well, but the time comes when one has to act.
Автор: Hall, Kevin Название: Lego Fairytales ISBN: 1718500866 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781718500860 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 3674.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Michael Hall, Kevin Название: School shit ISBN: 1786935406 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786935403 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4131.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Kevin candidly presents the highs and lows of a teaching career spanning four decades, and useful advice on how to motivate children to learn.
Автор: Michael Hall, Kevin Название: School shit ISBN: 1786935392 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786935397 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2923.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Kevin candidly presents the highs and lows of a teaching career spanning four decades, and gives useful advice on how to motivate children to learn
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