Product Description: The compelling story of the special relationship between Churchill and the people of Malta   Sir Winston Churchill visited the island of Malta on six occasions. He first sailed in to the Grand Harbour of Valletta on the evening of October 2, 1907 when at the age of 33 he was Under-Secretary of State at the Colonial Office...read more

Product Description: A major reassessment of a key aspect of British strategy and defence policy in the first half of the twentieth century. The main contribution of this new study is an investigation of the role of Malta in British military strategy, as planned and as it actually developed, in the period between the mid 1920s and the end of the war in North Africa in May 1943...read more

Product Description: During the first four years of the Second World War, Churchill and his military advisers were constantly concerned with the defense and sustenance of Malta. From 11 June 1940, the island, only sixty miles from Italian and German airfields in Sicily, suffered intense and prolonged air attack, but Churchill refused to consider the abandonment of the island...read more

Product Description: Cruising the South Pacific is a fascinating true story of the author and his wife's four-year cruise through the South Pacific. The book tells a humorous, touching, and exciting story of finding strange and primitive cultures; fighting the elements in the open seas; and making friends with both fellow cruisers and islanders...read more

Product Description: After four years cruising the islands of the South Pacific, Doug Austin has come home to write this delightful book about his time cruising those islands. This is not a cruising guide but a guide to cruising the islands and all the wonderful places, people, and sites each has to offer...read more

Product Description: A practical guide for all emergency personnel. Based on experience gained from a project sponsored by the International Association of Fire Chiefs. No bibliography or index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.