They Have Their Exits : The Best Selling Escape Memoir of World War Two

the Author, Who As A Senior Member Of Mrs. Thatcher's Government Was Tragically Assassinated By The Ira, Had The Most Distinguished Of War Records. Wounded And Taken Prisoner In The Desperate Fighting At Calais In 1940, He Became A Compulsive Escaper And The First One Of The Very Few To Make A 'home-run' From Colditz Castle. thereafter He Rejoined The Fighting, Serving In France And Holland Before Becoming A Member Of The International Military Tribunal At The Nuremburg War Crimes Trials. There He Was To Meet The Most Notorious Members Of The Nazi Hierarchy As They Faced Justice And, In Many Cases, Death. For The Quality Of Its Writing And The Breadth Of Its Author's Experiences, They Have Their Exits Is Arguably The Finest Memoir To Emerge From The Second World War, And One For Which The Sobriquet 'classic' Seems Wholly Inadequate. The author of Saturday at M.I.9 and former British soldier recounts his escape from Nazi captivity during World War II in this military memoir. Wounded and captured at Calais in May 1940, Second Lieutenant Airey Neave wasted little time before attempting to escape. Always a thorn in his captors’ sides, he earned his place in the “escape-proof” Colditz Castle. Undeterred, he had the distinction of being the first British officer to make a “home run,” via Switzerland, Vichy France, and Spain. Soon back in France working with the French Resistance as a member of M.I.9, rescuing Allied airmen, he found himself playing a leading role saving stranded survivors of 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem. Neave’s extraordinary memoir continues even after Germany’s surrender. Having arrested the directors of the mighty Krupp empire, he served with the Nuremburg War Crimes Tribunal where he came into personal contact with leading Nazis, gaining a unique insight into their characters and deeds. If ever there was a great and true story well told, it is They Have Their Exits . Reprinted once again it is a fitting memorial to a man of exceptional energy, initiative, and courage. Praise for They Have Their Exits “One of the best escape memoirs to emerge from the Second World War, combining the adventure story of most with a deeper examination of the mental impact of captivity and escape, and the stresses and risks all the way along the escape routes.” —History of War The author, who as a senior member of Mrs. Thatcher's Government was tragically assassinated by the IRA, had the most distinguished of war records. Wounded and taken prisoner in the desperate fighting at Calais in 1940, he became a compulsive escaper and the first one of the very few to make a 'home-run' from Colditz Castle. Thereafter he rejoined the fighting, serving in France and Holland before becoming a member of the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremburg War Crimes trials. There he was to meet the most notorious members of the Nazi hierarchy as they faced justice and, in many cases, death. For the quality of its writing and the breadth of its author's experiences, They Have Their Exits is arguably the finest memoir to emerge from the Second World War, and one for which the sobriquet 'classic' seems wholly inadequate. [Elib] A war memoir of a well-known public figure who was the first British Officer to make a 'home-run' from Colditz Castle. He became a member of the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremburg War Crimes trials and met most of the notorious members of the Nazi hierarchy as they faced justice. He was assassinated by the IRA The author, wounded and taken prisoner in Calais in 1940 became a compulsive escaper and was the first of the very few to make a 'home- run' from Colditz Castle. Thereafter he rejoined the fighting serving in France and Holland in MI9 before becoming a member of the International Tribunal at Nuremburg. For the quality of its writing and the breadth of its author's experiences, They Have Their Exits is arguably the finest memoir to emerge from the Second World War, and one for which the sobriquet 'classic' seems wholly inadequate. HISTORY / Modern / General * The war memoirs of a well-known public figure * He was the first British officer to escape successfully from Colditz Castle. * Also provides first hand insight into the characters of leading Nazis