A Question of Honor is the gripping, little-known story of the refugee Polish pilots who joined the RAF and played an essential role in saving Britain from the Nazis, only to be betrayed by the Allies after the war. After Poland fell to the Nazis, thousands of Polish pilots, soldiers, and sailors escaped to England. Devoted to liberating their homeland, some would form the RAF’s 303 squadron, known as the Kosciuszko Squadron, after the elite unit in which many had flown back home. Their thrilling exploits and fearless flying made them celebrities in Britain, where they were “adopted” by socialites and seduced by countless women, even as they yearned for news from home. During the Battle of Britain, they downed more German aircraft than any other squadron, but in a stunning twist at the war’s end, the Allies rewarded their valor by abandoning Poland to Joseph Stalin. This moving, fascinating book uncovers a crucial forgotten chapter in World War II–and Polish–history.

A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II

History

Olson, Lynne

Cloud, Stanley

Europe

Vintage

The Murrow Boys: Pioneers on the Front Lines of Broadcast Journalism

A close-up look at a talented group of foreign correspondents who transformed broadcast journalism--including Edward R. Murrow, Eric Sevaried, William L. Shirer, Charles Collingwood, and Howard K. Smith--and witnessed the corporate pressures and sensationalism that mark modern news.

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Publishers Weekly described The Murrow Boys as "a lively, colloquial history of broadcast journalism that is so exciting one's impulse is to read it in a single sitting." It tells the swashbuckling tale of Edward R. Murrow and his legendary band of CBS radio journalists - Charles Collingwood, Howard K. Smith, William Shirer, Eric Sevareid, and others - as they "paint pictures in the air" from the World War II front. Brimming with personalities and anecdotal detail, it also serves up a sharp-eyed account of where the craft went wrong after the war, when vanity and commercialism increasingly intruded."This is history at its best," said Ted Anthony of AP News.

Humor & Entertainment

Television

Mariner Books

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