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Riveting - The New York TimesA bestselling writer tells the little-known story of the Allies fight in WWIIs chaotic and lethal China-Burma-India theatre.In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army captured Burma, closing the only ground route from India to China. Supplies now had to be flown over the treacherous Himalayas, on the worlds most dangerous air route. This is the story of the Allied troops who braved this perilous journey, flying unreliable aircraft through monsoons and enemy fire, with primitive navigation tools. Caroline Alexander delves into memoirs and records to reveal the pilots and soldiers experiences and portrays the exploits of commanders like Vinegar Joe Stillwell and Claire Lee Chennault. The result is a litany of both deadly crashes and astonishing feats of survival.While highlighting the efforts of units like the Flying Tigers and Merrills Marauders, and examining the political tensions between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Chiang Kai-shek, this book also exposes the fractures between the Allies and the impact of these decisions on post-war relations. A masterpiece of modern war history.

The extraordinary tale of Philip Augustus, one of medieval Europe's greatest monarchs, and the part he played in the downfall of four Plantagenet kings of England.

A detailed oral history of children's lives in Second World War Britain, based on interviews with over a hundred people who lived through it

Critiques the British military's role in the Iraq and Afghan Wars and its threat to democracy and pursuit of permanent war.

The partition of India in 1947 was an outstanding event in world history. Originally published in 1970, after more than twenty years had passed, this title brought together the evidence and put into perspective the course of events which had led to the transfer of power in India from Britain to two successor states rather than to one.

A Guide to Commercial Radio Journalism (1999) covers every aspect of the profession, from journalistic practice to media law, and gives looks at the techniques of editing and using equipment and on the basic skills of writing, reporting and producing. There is also a whole chapter dedicated to advice on court reporting.

A Director's Method for Film and Television (1992) presents the 'cinematic language' approach to directing for film and television directors. It shows how the viewer perceives the nuances of the various pictures used to tell the story, and how movement within the frame creates drama and development.

Telecommunications: A Systems Approach (1976) presents two extended case studies, of public telephone and television systems, describes techniques within practical telecommunications systems, and takes into account users' needs and their economic constraints.

Television in the Making (1956) looks at television in its infancy, with essays by the leaders of the medium at the time, people who were forging new paths as they imagined and actioned the possibilities of television.

Teachers & Television (1987) examines the use of television in education. With television being the most powerful medium of mass communication, with tremendous potential as an educational tool, to what extent are teachers considering educational television as a component of the curriculum?

Media Use in the Information Age (1989) analyses new technologies, their impact on mass communications, and their effects on the users of these new systems. It looks at technologies such as videotex, and their successes and failures around the world, and examines the early adoptions of technologies such as home computers.

Telecommunications in Developing Countries (1990) stresses the importance of modern, micro electronics-based telecommunications for developing economies in providing a basic communications infrastructure for economic and industrial development and the springboard for new information technology activities.

On two chilled late fall Saturday afternoons, separated by forty-nine years, the spectacle of Army-Navy football unfolded at Annapolis, Maryland, on the grounds of the United States Naval Academy. This pair of rivalry games were played in 1893 and 1942, on the edge of brackish tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay and before crowds among the smallest ever to witness the game. While often treated as sidebars in the epic Army-Navy football narrative, these two games had an outsized impact on the series, on the institutions represented on the field, on the armed services their teams represented, and even on the sport of football. In a series that continues to be defined by toughness and resilience, these were also among the hardest-fought and roughest games ever played. The players in both games had been raised in the shadow of two great wars fought by their fathers. Both games were played by men who would soon go on to serve in wars of their own; some of the football players would not survive. Battles at Annapolis presents the context of the two most recent Army-Navy football games played at Annapolis: how the games came to be scheduled and the impact of each contest on the broader community. Author David Gendell also showcases the unique personalities who represented the service academies on the field, on the sidelines, and in the stands. These men came to Annapolis and West Point from varied backgrounds; each arrived at the game venue via a distinct path and, in the months and years after the game, they moved out into the broader world-many eagerly representing the United States in combat; some sacrificing their lives in conducting that service. But before they went to war, they played football.

Explores the US government's covert relations with the Iraqi Ba'th Party as it brutalised Iraqi communists.

Images of the Enemy (1985) discusses and decodes British television news coverage of the superpower disarmament talks and east-west crises and examines the structures, organisations and political constraints that encouraged negative views of the USSR to flourish.