A history recounting the events and experiences of the World War II bomber pilots of the U.S. Eighth Air Force, the armed forces group that conducted daytime bombing of Germany in advance of the Allied soldiers' arrival on the ground.
Donald Miller Boeken






'Seconds after Brady's plane was hit, the Hundredth's entire formation was broken up and scattered by swarms of single-engine planes, and by rockets launched by twin-engine planes that flew parallel' Meet the Flying Fortresses of the American Eighth Air Force, Britain's Lancaster comrades, who helped to bring down the Nazis Historian and World War II expert Donald Miller brings us the story of the bomber boys who brought the war to Hitler's doorstep. Unlike ground soldiers they slept on clean beds, drank beer in local pubs, and danced to the swing music of the travelling Air Force bands. But they were also an elite group of fighters who put their lives on the line in the most dangerous role of all. Miller takes readers from the adrenaline filled battles in the sky, to the airbases across England, the German prison camps, and onto the ground to understand the devastation faced by civilians. Drawn from interviews, oral histories, and American, British and German archives, Masters of the Air is the authoritative, deeply moving and important account of the world's first and only bomber war.
Becoming Human Again
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Genocide involves significant death and trauma. Yet the enormous scope of genocide comes into view when one looks at the factors that lead to mass killing, the struggle for survival during genocide, and the ways survivors reconstruct their lives after the violence ends. Over a one hundred day period in 1994, the country of Rwanda saw the genocidal slaughter of at least 800,000 Tutsi at the hands of members of the Hutu majority government. This book is a powerful oral history of the tragedy and its aftermath from the perspective of its survivors. Based on in-depth interviews conducted over the course of fifteen years, the authors take a holistic approach by tracing how victims experienced the horrific events, as well as how they have coped with the aftermath as they struggled to resume their lives. The Rwanda genocide deserves study and documentation not only because of the failure of the Western world to intervene, but also because it raises profound questions about the ways survivors create a new life out of the ashes of all that was destroyed. How do they deal with the all-encompassing traumas of genocide? Is forgiveness possible? And what does the process of rebuilding teach us about genocide, trauma, and human life?
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Bandit's Mountain
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Set against the backdrop of Montana's wilderness, the story follows Ben Harper, a military man whose life takes a dark turn after he discovers his parents have been murdered. As he grapples with his troubled past and a newfound love with waitress Wanda Jenkins, Ben's journey shifts to one of vengeance. The chaos unfolds after an earthquake frees convicts who embark on a violent spree, intertwining their fate with Ben's quest for justice at Bandit's Mountain. Themes of honor, love, and revenge drive this gripping narrative.
Searching for God Knows What
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Survivors
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Through a collection of interviews with elderly Armenians who survived the conflict, this study describes the genocidal campaign mounted by the Turks between 1915 and 1923, during which over 1 million Armenians died. Interviewees describe the break-up of their homes and post-war life in orphanages.

