Russell Miller

This is the story of special operations in the second world war, as it has never been told before, directly by those who took part. Compiled by Russell Miller from interviews, diaries, letters and contemporaneous first-person accounts-many unpublished until now-the oral history in Behind the Lines follows the adventures of the courageous men and women who volunteered for service with the United States' Office of Strategic Services and Britain's Special...

Drawing from first-hand interviews, diaries and memoirs of those involved in the VE Day celebrations in 1945, VE Day: The People's Story paints an enthralling picture of a day that marked the end of the war in Europe and the beginning of a new era. VE Day affected millions of people in countless ways, and the voices in this book — from both Britain and abroad, from civilians and service men and women, from the famous and the not-so-famous — provide...

Features the exploits of the Commandos in World War II, including audacious assaults on South Vagsoy, Bordeaux, islands in the Aegean, and other farflung strategic targets.

Presents evidence supporting Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift. Explains plate tectonics and discusses what is known of the earth's crust and upper mantle.