Alive in World War Two weaves together extracts from wartime newsletters exchanged between the members of a scattered family with the author's own memories of a wartime childhood in Devon, within the context of events in the world today. The cousins were typical of the generation who responded to Churchill's eloquence when Britain defied Hitler: they are ordinary people, unknown, unhonoured and remarkable only for their resilience. Today, we are in the midst of a different kind o war, with no end in sight. The present commentary and memoir is a salute to the cousins of the Chronicle for the...