As the youngest recruit in the highly secret Organization, he was trained to be one of the most lethal men in the world. This is the gripping, world-spanning journey of a young man who never belonged.
As the youngest recruit in the highly secret Organization, he was trained to be one of the most lethal men in the world. This is the gripping, world-s...
Free of The Organization, Michael Nelson becomes James Collins and settles into the idyllic town of Durango, Colorado. Although Durango appears to be a peaceful community, life moves along, and sometimes life calls for the special skills he possesses, bringing him back to the world he thought he had left behind. His quiet existence as a bookstore owner is shattered by his being found, necessitating another move - this time to the hectic world of Las Vegas, where a new name and a new life lead to adventure, intrigue, and love. He plunges headlong into confrontations with the worst the neon sin...
Free of The Organization, Michael Nelson becomes James Collins and settles into the idyllic town of Durango, Colorado. Although Durango appears to be ...
Until recently, the popular image of World War II prisoners of war has been framed by tales of heroic escape or immense suffering at the hands of malevolent captors. For the vast majority, however, the reality was very different. This collection brings together new scholarship, largely based on sources from previously unavailable Eastern European or Japanese archives. Authors highlight a number of important comparatives. Whereas for the British and Americans held by the Germans and Japanese, the end of the war meant a swift repatriation and demobilization, for the Germans it heralded the...
Until recently, the popular image of World War II prisoners of war has been framed by tales of heroic escape or immense suffering at the hands of m...
During World War II, captured service personnel of all the belligerent powers found themselves incarcerated as prisoners of war. Although the number of POWs ran into the millions, comparatively little has been written about them. This timely collection examines individual prisoners' experiences, but also provides an overview and synthesis of some of the most heated debates in the field.
Casting new light on the racial and ideological assumptions of captors, authors show how axis powers and the Japanese dealt with Black African and African American troops who were taken prisoner....
During World War II, captured service personnel of all the belligerent powers found themselves incarcerated as prisoners of war. Although the numbe...