Search Results: Titles starting with A from Paul Fortney

Late Victorian and Edwardiian Britain enjoys a reputation as an orderly, powerful nation with ever expanding liberties, but under surface things were very different. The Boer War had raised doubts about the country's imperial mission, labor unrest was growing, and the demand for more democracy in the government lead to a major constitutional crisis.

The story of Ursala Burton, Agent Sonya, whp from 1928 through 1950 was one of the Soviet Union's most successful spies. She eluded the Chinese government the Japanese, thde Nazis, MI5, MI6 and the FBI.

A history of American military actions from Colonial wars with Indians through Vietnam> Good points on causes abd outcomes.

The story of Operation Market Garden, Montgomery's effort tp seize the Rhine bridge at Arnhem, Holland. Beevor goes into great detail about the deays in the relief column coming to aid the paratroop forces that caprured the town, but not the bridge, and they survived after being being surrounded on three sides and pinned against the river. He also details the German reprisals against the Dutch citizens.