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SUMMARY:Crucible of Hell: Okinawa the Last Great Battle of the Second World War
DESCRIPTION:From award-winning historian Saul David\, an action-packed and powerful new narrative of the Battle of Okinawa – the last great clash of the Second World War\, and one that had profound consequences for the modern world. For eighty-three blood-soaked days\, the fighting on the island of Okinawa plumbed depths of savagery as bad as anything seen on the Eastern Front. When it was over\, almost a quarter of a million people had lost their lives\, making it by far the bloodiest US battle of the Pacific.\nIn Okinawa\, the death toll included thousands of civilians lost to mass suicide\, convinced by Japanese propaganda that they would otherwise be raped and murdered by the enemy. On the US side\, David argues that the horror of the battle ultimately determined President Truman’s choice to use atomic bombs in August 1945. It is a brutal\, heart-rending story\, and one David tells with masterly attention to detail: the cramped cockpit of a kamikaze plane\, the claustrophobic gun turret of a warship under attack\, and a half-submerged foxhole amidst the squalor and battle detritus.\nThe narrative follows generals\, presidents and emperors\, as well as the humbler experiences of ordinary servicemen and families on both sides\, and the Okinawan civilians who were caught so tragically between the warring parties. Using graphic eyewitness accounts and declassified documents from archives in three continents\, Saul David illuminates a shocking chapter of history that is too often missing from Western-centric narratives of the Second World War.
URL:https://daretowrite.org/event/crucible-of-hell-okinawa-the-last-great-battle-of-the-second-world-war/
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SUMMARY:Mick Herron in conversation with Dominick Donald
DESCRIPTION:The creator of the comic Jackson Lamb spy thrillers talks to Crime writer Dominck Donald about his hit books\, including his new release ‘Joe Country’. ‘We’re spies\,’ said Lamb. ‘All kinds of outlandish shit goes on.’Like the ringing of a dead man’s phone\, or an unwelcome guest at a funeral…\nMore detail is available on the link.
URL:https://daretowrite.org/event/mick-herron-in-conversation-with-dominick-donald/
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SUMMARY:Our Man in New York: The British Plot to Bring America into the Second World War – Henry Hemming
DESCRIPTION:We welcome back author Henry Hemming who gave a brilliant talk for the bookshop a couple of uears ago for his hugely popular book\, ‘M: Maxwell Knght\, MI5’s Greatest Spymaster’. His new book is the gripping story of a propaganda campaign like no other: the covert British operation to manipulate American public opinion and bring the US into the Second World War. \nMore detail is available on the link.
URL:https://daretowrite.org/event/our-man-in-new-york-the-british-plot-to-bring-america-into-the-second-world-war-henry-hemming/
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