During World War I, Canadian soldier Allan McBride, shell-shocked, unwittingly deserts from his unit in France and faces possible death by firing squad when he is arrested and court-martialed.
Presents a comprehensive examination of injustices done to African-Americans in France from 1944 to 1946 through the testimony of Louis Guilloux, an eyewitness who acted as an interpreter at the courts-martial.
Detective Alex Cross, intending to resign from the Washington D.C. Police Force, agrees to take on one more case when his friend and partner John Sampson asks for his help in clearing an old Vietnam buddy who has been framed for the murders of three women.
General Billy Mitchell and the court martial that gripped the nation
Waller, Douglas C
2004
Examines the seven-week trial of General William "Billy" Mitchell in 1925 after he criticized the military and the government's national defense policies, particularly in the area of aviation development, and was court-martialed for insubordination.
Detective Alex Cross, intending to resign from the Washington D.C. Police Force, agrees to take on one more case when his friend and partner John Sampson asks for his help in clearing an old Vietnam buddy who has been framed for the murders of three women.