Brian Best: 10 books
The Forgotten VCs
The Victoria Crosses of the War in the Far East During WW2
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Fought amid the most challenging terrain of any theater during the Second World War, the campaign in the Far East saw heroic actions against the unyielding Japanese that resulted in the awarding of more than forty Victoria Crosses – greater than a fifth of all the VCs of the war.
Such actions...
The Victoria Cross Wars
Battles, Campaigns and Conflicts of All the VC Heroes
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
The British Empire at its height stretched around the globe. From Asia to the Americas, scores of countries were conquered or assimilated into the greatest commonwealth of nations in history. Many of these countries were won, and held, at the point of the bayonet, and British soldiers and sailors...
The Victoria Crosses that Saved an Empire
The Story of the VCs of the Indian Mutiny
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2016
The Indian Mutiny struck at the very heart of the British Empire. If India was lost the whole edifice of British domination across its colonies was in jeopardy. Everything was at stake, Britain’s leading role in the word, its international commerce and the reputation of its armed forces.
Across...
Sister Janet
Nurse and Heroine of the Anglo-Zulu War 1879
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2006
Janet Well's achievements make for fascinating reading. She was only 18 when decorated for her nursing service to the Russians in the 1878 Balkan War. The following year she became the only nurse to serve at the Front in the Anglo Zulu War. After a period in Northern Zululand she was sent to the garrison...
by Brian Best
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
After a slow start, the Second World War produced an enormous number of war correspondents. Correspondents like Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos and George Orwell were all inspired to put their experiences on the printed page. Hemingway and his wife, Martha Gellhorn, went on to cover the D-Day Landings...
Fighting for the News
The Adventures of the First War Correspondents from Bonaparte to the Boers
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
The incredible true stories of the first reporters from the battlefield—from Europe’s Napoleonic era to the Boer Wars of South Africa.
Over two centuries ago, newspapers first considered sending a reporter overseas to observe, gather information, and write about war. With no experience to draw...
The Desert VCs
Extraordinary Valour in the North African Campaign in WWII
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
It was not just the searing heat of the day, hot enough to boil an egg on the bonnet of a lorry, or the sand that nestled in every crevice of the body, or the shivering cold of the starlit nights, that the British and Commonwealth troops had to battle in the North African desert – it was also the...
Reporting from the Front
War Reporters During the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
When the war was declared in August 1914, one of the first acts to be implemented by the politicians and military was a strict censorship on the newspapers. As the poacher turned gamekeeper, Winston Churchill said: The war is going to be fought in a fog a
by Melodie Romeo, Mariesa Inez, Rachel Hogan
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Death is just the beginning...Death. Just the word can trigger gut-wrenching fear. The kind of fear causing the heart to pound, cold sweat to run down and burn the eyes, and fingers to tremble with a loss of strength. Is our fear the realization that from the moment of conception, the clock starts...
Tackling Addiction
Pathways to Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
The issue of 'recovery' has been increasingly prioritised by policymakers in recent years, but the meaning of the concept remains ambiguous. This edited collection brings together the thoughts and experiences of researchers, practitioners and service users from the fields of health, addiction and...