Offering an understanding of modern warfare (World War I onwards), this book focuses on the pivotal role of the personalities of leaders who take their nations or their following into war.[...]
A true and touching human tale of survival and achievement. When John Stoessinger was ten years old, Adolf Hitler annexed his homeland of Austria, ripping the boy from his home and his friends in Vienna. His grandparents encouraged his mother and stepfather to take young John somewhere safe. "You m[...]