Sentences with phrase «tumultuous war years»

Spanning the tumultuous war years, The Lion in the Lei Shop deftly recaptures a dramatic chapter of American history, giving a rarely - heard voice to the women and children of Pearl Harbor.

Spanning the tumultuous war years, The Lion in the Lei Shop deftly recaptures a dramatic chapter of American history.

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I've spent the past few months researching another tumultuous year, 1917, in which the U.S. made a radical policy turnaround in entering the first World War, Russia overthrew a czar and installed the world's first communist government, and the 22 - year - old medium of the movies entered its early adulthood.

The years before the Revolutionary War were a tumultuous and fascinating time, especially in the larger cities and...

Charcoal Joe by Walter Mosley Beginning with Devil in a Blue Dress, Mosley's Easy Rawlins mysteries have followed the landlord - turned - detective from the early post-World War II years, through the Jim Crow 1950s and up to the tumultuous»60s in this latest installment.

Bobbie Ann Mason, THE GIRL IN THE BLUE BERET (Random House) This fabulous tale takes readers into France and to the tumultuous years of World War II.

Using a wealth of primary source material and interviews with the spies» descendants, Abbott seamlessly weaves the adventures of these four heroines throughout the tumultuous years of the war.

His father was a war hero, but it will be twenty - one tumultuous years before Harry discovers the truth about how his father really died and if, in fact, he even was his father.Only Time Will Tell takes a cast of memorable characters from the ravages of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide whether to take his place at Oxford, or join the fight against Hitler's Germany.In Jeffrey Archer's masterful hands, you will be taken on a journey that you won't want to endwar hero, but it will be twenty - one tumultuous years before Harry discovers the truth about how his father really died and if, in fact, he even was his father.Only Time Will Tell takes a cast of memorable characters from the ravages of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide whether to take his place at Oxford, or join the fight against Hitler's Germany.In Jeffrey Archer's masterful hands, you will be taken on a journey that you won't want to endWar to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide whether to take his place at Oxford, or join the fight against Hitler's Germany.In Jeffrey Archer's masterful hands, you will be taken on a journey that you won't want to endWar, when Harry must decide whether to take his place at Oxford, or join the fight against Hitler's Germany.In Jeffrey Archer's masterful hands, you will be taken on a journey that you won't want to end...

Born in Tehran, Iran in 1975, Ahmadi came of age in the tumultuous years following the Iranian Revolution and subsequent Iran - Iraq War of the 1980s.

In a world just as tumultuous as in 1982 (MacConnel's work was in response to President Reagan's challenge to the Soviets through military buildup), the years leading up to today have seen wars waged in Afghanistan and Iraq where the perceived threats seemed to be not much more than a hostility toward democracy and perceived threat of weapons of mass destruction.

They were also dynamic and tumultuous years politically, and Grossman has described these works as «lyrical dances to war's aggression,» possibly alluding to the escalation of violence in Southeast Asia and the bellicose rhetoric of the Cold War as well as the combative responses of the powers that be to demonstrations for social justiwar's aggression,» possibly alluding to the escalation of violence in Southeast Asia and the bellicose rhetoric of the Cold War as well as the combative responses of the powers that be to demonstrations for social justiWar as well as the combative responses of the powers that be to demonstrations for social justice.

His drawings of the body unclothed or in a state of undress are amongst the most arresting works to have emerged from Vienna in the tumultuous years around the First World War.

Curated by Simonetta Fraquelli, an independent curator and specialist in early twentieth - century European art, the exhibition explores Pablo Picasso's work between 1912 and 1924, prior to, during, and after the tumultuous years of the First World War, when the artist began exploring both cubist and classical modes in his art.

During the tumultuous years leading up to and during World War II, Kuniyoshi became active in artists» and political organizations and visited the Southwest and Mexico in 1935 on a Guggenheim fellowship.

West Virginia: Admitted to the Union as the 35th state during the tumultuous years of the American Civil War, West Virginia distanced itself from the seceding Confederate states.