A Doctor's Sword: How an Irish Doctor Survived War, Capitivity and the Atomic Bomb

by Bob Jackson

Overview

This is the story of the incredible life of Dr. Aidan MacCarthy (1913-95) the only person to have survived the two events that mark the beginning and end of the Second World War. He was evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk after three days of relentless

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848893207
Publisher:	Gill Books
Publication date:	06/15/2017
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

1 Home 3

2 War in Europe 35

3 Bomber Command 50

4 War in the East 61

5 The Shadow of the Rising Sun 76

6 Voyage to Hell 102

7 An Unlikely Saviour 117

8 A Slave in Nagasaki 132

9 Final Reserves 144

10 'The End of the World' 167

11 Liberation 188

12 Post-War Life 215

Epilogue 243

Acknowledgments 263

Endnotes 265

Bibliography 283

Index 287