Brendan I Koerner: 2 books
Now the Hell Will Start
One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World WarII
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2008
An epic saga of hubris , cruelty, and redemption, Now the Hell Will Start tells the remarkable tale of the greatest manhunt of World War II. Herman Perry, besieged by the hardships of the Indo-Burmese jungle and the racism meted out by his white commanding officers, found solace in opium and marijuana....
The Skies Belong to Us
Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
The true stroy of the longest-distance hijacking in American history.
In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of '60s idealism, airplane hijackings were astonishingly routine. Over a five-year period starting in 1968, the desperate and disillusioned seized commercial jets...