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A collection of one hundred columns written between 1962-1987 on subjects such as the Vietnam War, how to fry the perfect egg, and cats―to name a few. Full of the author's wit, compassion, direct and often irreverent observations, and the ability to laugh at himself.
"Andrew Tully was a newspaperman, a publisher, an author, a foreign correspondent, a White House correspondent, and a nationally syndicated columnist...He wrote a nationally syndicated column for 25 years" --P. [4] of cover.
At the end of World War II, Andrew Tully was one of three Americans allowed to enter Berlin as a guest of a Russian artillery battalion commander. He spent the next seventeen years gathering eye-witness accounts, collecting war diaries and letters, and reading over one hundred books in order to write this gripping and comprehensive account about the fall of Berlin.
Like Tom Brokaw's "The Greatest Generation, " Sorel's moving account of the women war correspondents of this century at last brings to light the exploits of more than 100 of this country's unsung heroes. of photos.
On August 24, 1814, the British set fire to the White House and, within an hour, the Capitol had been gutted. The burning of the White House was an unthinkable action and galvanized a divided country into unified resistance. Andrew Tully has added flesh to the bones of this true story of an often over-looked and confusing period of U.S. history.
Is the United States a force for democracy? From China in the 1940s to Guatemala today, William Blum presents a comprehensive study of American covert and overt interference, by one means or another, in the internal affairs of other countries. Each chapter of the book covers a year in which the author takes one particular country case and tells the story - and each case throws light on particular US tactics of intervention.
Young, selfish and impulsive, Livia and her brother Joe set out to make amends for past indiscretions. Their intertwined paths to heal old wounds leave a path of destruction behind, threatening to break their ties to those they hold most dear. Instead of the forgiveness they seek, Livia and Joe are thrust into the suffering of reopened wounds, and they begin to realize the surest path to absolution isn't to mend past roads but rather to wait for the sun to rise on a new day.
An impressive dossier of red-hot cases from the files of the FBI and other independent sources compiled by an author who knows how to pick 'em―an IRS agent ventures into a second career as a devious kidnapper, a Bible quoting writer wannabe decides to hijack a 747, a musician and piano teacher moonlights as a serial killer, or, how about this one, the P.F.F., Inc. -- the Police-FBI-Fencing, Incognito -- a cooperative effort of four law enforcement agencies who pose as Mafioso in an illicit purchasing establishment that collars crooks and becomes astonishingly successful. In yet another dimension, Tully presents an inside account of the restructuring of the FBI under the leadership of Willi...
The event known as the Cuban missile crisis, the greatest of all Cold War crises, is a milestone in the history of the Cold War. According to the author, the main questions of the situation have eluded satisfactory answers because analysts have neglected the true Cuban role in the event, particularly the Russo-Cuban relations prior to the crisis.