New books briefly noted:

Quirk, Rory. Wars and Peace: The Memoir of an American Family. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1999

ISBN 0-89141-683-8
264 pages

Author's Note; Preface; Prologue; photos; Epilogue; Afterword; End Notes; A Note on Sources; Acknowledgments; Index

Rushton, Colin. Spectator in Hell: A British Soldier's Extraordinary Story. Berkshire: Pharoah Press, 1998. Distributed in the US by Seven Hills

ISBN 1-901442-06-3
154 pages

Prologue; photos

Arthur Dodd served in the British Army and was captured near Tobruk in June 1942 largely due to the prowess of German tanks (misidentified in the book as Tigers) and as a POW was personally addressed by Rommel (who spoke to the prisoners in five languages and claimed to speak thirteen) before being held in Auschwitz until nearly the end of the war.

Zellmer, David. The Spectator: A World War II Bomber Pilot's Journal of the Artist as Warrior. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1999

ISBN 0-275-96286-5
128 pages

Foreword by Williamson Murray; Foreword by Sir Michael Howard; Author's Note; photos; maps; Coda; Log of Combat Missions; Suggested Readings

David Zellmer performed with the Martha Graham Dance Company in New York City until he became a bomber pilot and flew away to Guadalcanal, New Georgia, and other bases in the Southwest Pacific. While flying almost fifty missions, Zellmer attempts in this book reconstructed from his letters and wartime journal to reconcile his life as a warrior with his ambitions as a dancer.

Caraccilo, Dominic J. (editor) Surviving Bataan and Beyond: Colonel Irvin Alexander's Odyssey as a Japanese Prisoner of War. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1999

ISBN 0-8117-1596-5
340 pages

Foreword; Introduction; photos; maps; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Major Caraccilo has edited and annotated Colonel Alexander's memoirs of his service in the Philippines, defeat at the hands of the Japanese, the Death March, and his long and brutal imprisonment at Cabanatuan and later in Japan and then Korea. A painful story about the most brutal circumstances and the will to survive.

Thanks to the publishers/distributors for providing these review copies.