Jack Hawkins was the living embodiment of British ruggedness, resilience, humour, uprightness, and compassion on and off the screen. 'The Cruel Sea', 'Bridge on the River Kwai', 'Lawrence of Arabia', 'Zulu', 'Mandy' and 'Ben-Hur' were just a few of the scores of films which made him a top star. He built his fame not only on his acting ability, but ......
Submarines, Missiles, the US Navy and the Royal Navy
The atom bombs dropped on Japan at the end of the Second World War opened the door to the nuclear age. Seeing the potential for developing nuclear energy for the US Navy, Capt. Hyman Rickover initiated a research programme that culminated in the launch of USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. Meanwhile, ballistic missile ......
Harrier was the world's first V/STOL jet combat aircraft design, development and service with the RAF, USMC, and other overseas air arms. From the initial tentative beginnings, into an effective precision ground attack aircraft in all weathers and at night, it served in Europe, the Middle East, and the USA as well as the Falklands Campaign.
This collection of stories shows passenger liners, large and small as well as famous and obscure, through the eyes of officers & crew, with tales of the great Cunarders, P&O, Holland America & Union Castle liners, providing added insight, understanding, and even color to these liners of another age. It is a voyage along maritime memory lane.
The F-100 Super Sabres and their pilots of the United States Air Forces in Europe were dedicated to their mission of tactical nuclear strike. Hun pilots sat alert all over Europe ready to take off at a moment's notice to fly into the enemy's territory and deliver a 'special weapon' on a predesignated target in the Soviet Union or Eastern Europe.
This is a detailed history of the Hawker Hunter jet fighter, covering development and operational service across the world, illustrated by many previously unpublished images in both colour and black and white.
The Shackleton served for forty years with the RAF. This book contains a detailed technical description of the Avro Shackleton, its development, deployment and and its weaponry. Photographs and accurate colour profiles accompany the text.
The Front Room: Diaspora Migrant Aesthetics in the Home, originally published in 2009, has become a beloved and much-praised source, providing fascinating revelations into the post-war British experience of immigrants, the decoration of their living spaces and their position in society in relation to decolonisation. The 'front room' (emanating ......
SS United States, the most advanced liner of her time captured the prized Blue Riband for transatlantic speed, brought glory to America, and enjoying success for a full decade. After trans-ocean jets arrived, success faded until decommissioned by 1969. Years of neglect and decay followed. To this day, the she waits silently at a Philadelphia pier.
The author recalls his experiences following the change of an era as London's last trolleybuses were withdrawn between 1959 and 1962. He had access to a camera in the later stages to cover their replacement by Routemaster buses and also paints a general picture of the everyday central area bus scene and period views of their surroundings.
From the Photographic Archive of Ellis James-Robertson
A photo-book covering railways around North Wales from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s consisting mainly of unpublished images in both colour and black & white together with an informative commentary. All were taken by railway enthusiast Ellis James-Robertson who died in 2015, and this book has been written by film-maker and author Michael Clemens.
The Story of a Fighter and Bomber Pilot During the Cold War
'Luck is my Shadow' is a book about a RAF pilot who commanded a Lightning OCU and a front-line squadron during the Cold War. At the top of his profession he had flown in nuclear, instructor and air display roles. He also sailed the oceans as an Intelligence Officer on an admiral's Staff. Without luck, he would not have survived to tell his ......
A Memoir of Working with the Resistance in Russia, 1960-1990
It has been nearly three decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union - enough time for the role that the courageous dissidents ultimately contributed to the communist system's collapse to have been largely forgotten. This book brings to life, for contemporary readers, the often underground work of the men and women who opposed the regime.
Midair is a true account of one of the most remarkable tales of survival in the history of aviation - a midair collision at 30,000 feet by two bomb-laden B-52s over a category 5 super typhoon above the South China Sea during the outset of the Vietnam War - and the subsequent story of what happened to the surviving pilot when he bailed out in the ......
"Political and sociological analysis of the Naxalite movement, beginning with its 1967 armed peasant uprising in Naxalbari, at the foot of the Indian Himalayas, and continuing into the present as the world's longest-running revolutionary "people's war," based in Maoist resistance."--Provided by publisher.
How China Shaped U.S.-India Relations During the Cold War
Argues that China's influence on the US-India relationship is neither a recent nor a momentary phenomenon. Drawing on documents from India and the United States, Tanvi Madan shows that American and Indian perceptions of and policy toward China significantly shaped US-India relations in three crucial decades, from 1949 to 1979.