Eric Brown joined the Fleet Air Arm and went on to be the greatest test pilot in history, flying more aircraft types than anyone else. Here, he tells his amazing life story - from crashing in front of Winston Chruchill to unmasking a Neo-Nazi ring in the 1950s to his terrifying flights in primitive jets and rockets. Eric Brown was on a University of Edinburgh exchange course in Germany in 1939, and the first he knew of the war was when the Gestapo came to arrest him. They released him, not realizing he was a pilot in the RAF volunteer reserve: and the rest is history. Eric Brown joined the Fleet Air Arm and went on to be the greatest test pilot in history, flying more different aircraft types than anyone else. Today, at 87, he is in great demand for interviews on history TV documentaries (twelve in 2005!). He is the only man alive who has flown every major (and most minor) combat aircraft of the Second World War as well as all the early jets. Speaking perfect German, he went to Germany in 1945 to test the Nazi jets, interviewing (among others) Hermann Goering and Hanna Reitsch. He flew the suicidally dangerous Me 163 rocket plane, and tested the first British jets. He would have been the first man to break the sound barrier, except that the British government cancelled the programme and gave the technology to America. His naval career continues to this day, as he advises on the new aircraft carrier design for the Royal Navy. A living legend among aviation enthusiasts, his amazing life story deserves to be told in full -- from crashing in front of Winston Churchill to unmasking a Neo-Nazi ring in the 1950s to his terrifying flights in primitive jets and rockets.

Seeks to identify how the cultural upheavals of the 1960s has affected the balance of political power in America, covering such topics as the Vietnam War, economic...

A short introduction to the origins of the Vietnam War. The book sets the context to the conflict from the end of the Indochina War in 1954 to the eruption of full...

John R. Taylor

The American experience during the Vietnam conflict is universally known: the brutalization of the US fighting men, the drug abuse and the trauma. This book provides ...

Duckworth, 1997. Hardback with pictorial dust jacket, it has red cloth covers with gilt lettering on the spine. It is in good condition, but is an ex-library copy. The Vigilante was a right-wing paper that claimed that the Germans were winning World War 1 because Britain was in thrall to the perverted cult of Oscar Wilde. His trial laid the foundations for the political intolerance of the fascist era. In 1918 the "Vigilante" newspaper claimed that the German Secret Service held a book containing the names of 47,000 British establishment members who were sexual perverts. It was claimed Britain was losing the war because the Germans were blackmailing these figures and thereby sapping the country's strength. The "Vigilante" was exploiting popular belief that Britain had become a decadent state still in thrall to the perverted cult of Oscar Wilde. The extreme right wing politics of the newspaper's publisher were becoming dangerously popular and in the sensational libel trial that followed many high society members were drawn in. Wilde's devoted "friend" Robbie Ross and his one time lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, both became embroiled in the bitter battle over Wilde's reputation.;The author uses original documents and archives to narrate the history of this bizarre scandal, made all the more unusual by having occurred during the final year of World War I. He produces a portrait of wartime society, telling of transvestites in the trenches, of drug clubs in London, and of the roots of British fascism, discerning the seeds of intolerance which would inform the troubled years to come.

In this last volume of a monumental chronicl e, the author shows the part played by the British cavalry i n the First World War. Drawing on material from a number of...

Usborne's First Encyclopedia of History is a bright and lively read that will introduce young readers to the wonders of the past. Packed full of historical information from the first people, farmers, cities and civilisations all the way to the World Wars and the modern day, this book will answer many inquisitive young children's questions. The hardback is full of simple text, amazing photographs, detailed illustrations and a selection of recommended websites to make the subject of history easy to understand.

Vietnam and Iraq are linked forever, but a straight comparison between the two wars does injustice to solid history. This book shows how the similarities between Iraq...

Features renowned artist-historian Don Troiani's research and style.