Pogue's war : diaries of a WWII combat historian / by Pogue, Forrest C.

Table of Contents: “…London in the spring of 1944 -- We learn top secrets or we are bigoted -- Waiting in Cornwall -- Crossing the Channel one day late -- The Lieutenant John Spaulding interview -- First days in the field -- First interviews in the field -- The last weeks of June -- Writing history for a change -- The breakout at Saint-Lô -- Restless days at the rear -- Liberated Paris -- Last Days in Normandy -- Watching Paris come to life -- Opinion and politics in liberated Paris -- Return to the field -- The deadly forest -- The North flank of the bulge -- Regaining lost ground -- Battle for the dam -- The close-up to the Rhine -- Chasing the armor across Germany -- Another form of German culture: Buchenwald -- A non-sober history of the meeting with the Russians -- Pilzen on VE-Day.…”
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O.D. Skelton : the work of the world, 1923-1941 / by Skelton, Oscar D. 1878-1941

Table of Contents: “…I The Imperial Conference of 1923 -- II Counsellor Skelton, 1924-25 -- III Succeeding Sir Joseph, 1925 -- IV The Rhine is 3,000 Miles Away -- V The Imperial Conference of 1926 -- VI Washington, 1927 : Massey and Massachuetts Aveneue -- VII The League of Nations, 1927 -- VIII The Renunciation of War, 1928 -- IX Legislating Liberty, 1929 -- X Change of Scene and Change of Government, 1929-30 -- XI Canada and the Pacific, 1931-33 -- XII In London and Geneva, 1933 -- XIII Experimenting with the Soviets, 1934 -- XIV Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference of 1935 51. …”
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Writing across the landscape : travel journals 1960-2010 / by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

Table of Contents: “…The Eighties -- Amsterdam and the Rhine (September-October 1981) -- Boulder Notes (July 1982) -- Through the Labyrinth into the Sun (August 1982) -- Milan (December 1982) -- A Walk Around My Old Quarter (December 21, 1982) -- Marrakesh Journal (July 1983) -- The Mouth of the Truth (August-September 1983) -- Seven Days in Nicaragua Libre (January 1984) -- Harbin Hot Springs, California (August 1984) -- Rome---Napoli---Sicily (September 1984) -- Tennessee (April 1986) -- France---Portugal (July 1986) -- Austria (September 1986) -- Chicago (June 1988) -- Mexico---Nicaragua (July 1989) -- Italia (October 1989) -- V. …”

Battles of a Gunner Officer : Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, and the Long Road to Germany. by Jones, John Philip

Table of Contents: “…The Other Side of the HillAnglo-American Discord; 59th AGRA and the Move North and East; Hard Winter Weather, a Thin Allied Line, and a Serious Surprisefrom the Enemy; Chapter 7: The Reichswald, the Rhine and Into Germany; Holding the Northern Edge of the 'Bulge'; The Unstoppable Advance; 'Nell Gwyn's Left Eye'; 'The Führer Has Fallen in Action'; Afterword -- The Territorial Army: Past, Present and (Problematical) Future; 'Men as shall voluntarily enrol themselves for the General defence of the Kingdom'; A Reserve Army for the Twentieth Century; Lessons Learned; Facing an Uncertain Future.…”
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