Hodder & Stoughton. Used - Good. Bargain book! Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 0340825197 9780340825198 [CA]

ISBN10: 0340825197, ISBN13: 9780340825198, [publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London] Hardcover hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket 468 pages Packed with heroic deeds (with no immediate witness) and exploits hidden from public view (for political convenience), here are ten true accounts of little-known people who have shaped our history - A US pilot held out against impossible odds in a clapped-out aircraft in 1941; a British battalion against an entire army in Korea 1951; and the sergeant who, in 1916, blundered into an 'impregnable fortress' and took it single-handedly. Some dared to stand up to injustice, fight hypocrisy, or pay a bitter price for remaining true to their principles. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket
[McCrae, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 2003]

ISBN10: 0340825197, ISBN13: 9780340825198, [publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London] Hardcover 8vo pp.xi 467."There are instances of heroic deeds that had no immediate witness, such as the Scholls's attempt in 1943 to raise their nation's conscience, suppressed by Hitler's propaganda machine. The Canadian physicist Dr. Slotin acted in 1946; but since 'the bomb' was supposed to be fail-safe, his feat was not released to the public. A?
[Edmonton, AB, Canada] [Publication Year: 2003]