Description
Contents: Espionage (Richard Sorge and his Japanese cohort supped with high-ranking sources, then fed their info to Stalin for breakfast.), Personality (The South’s last general to surrender was Cherokee Chief Stand Warie.), Weaponry (The Stuka’s banshee howl and accurate delivery struck terror in the hearts of Germany’s enemies.), Travel (In Upstate New York, Benedict Arnold helped swing a key battle’s ride against Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne.), Books (Kasserine was a disaster for the U.S., but there were reasons other than poor troop performance.), The Earth Leaped Skyward (In attack the British knew had to come, the Germans burst from their own deep trenches after a gas and artillery bombardment that tore the night apart.), Dark Passage Through Rebel Lines (In bold bid for escape from Stonewall Jackson’s wrath, Federal cavalrymen slipped out of Harper’s Ferry and crossed the river by night. They had only a gathering enemy storm to slip by next.), Gordon’s Lonely Vigil (Chinese Gordon held out in Khartoum for 10 months while angry desert tribesmen raged nearby, while a British relief force finally got underway, while tribesmen and rescuers drew closer and closer.), Protecting the Ultimate Advantage (It would be 30 years before the Allied eavesdropping operation known as ULTRA would be revealed – and now some histories of World War II may have to be reconsidered.)
Issue: June 1985
Condition: Very Good