No one has told these stories more powerfully than Cornelius Ryan.

You’ll struggle in cabin 56 of the S.S. Andrèa Doria during its five last frantic hours. In these and other stories, Cornelius Ryan, ace journalist, has caught the essence of that split-second that may be a man’s last.

War correspondent Cornelius Ryan created many of the images we now remember of D-Day in his book The Longest Day.

As always, Ryan delves beneath the military and political forces that were dictating events to explore the more immediate imperatives of survival, where, as the author describes it, “to eat had become more important than to love, to ...

This book, first published in 1959, is a must for anyone who loves history, as well as for anyone who wants to better understand how free nations prevailed at a time when darkness enshrouded the earth.

This fully illustrated and redesigned edition features research documents from the Cornelius Ryan Archive: 25 documents, including Ryan's interview transcripts, eyewitness questionnaires, letters and official historic D-Day documents.

An account of Cornelius Ryan's losing four and a half year battle against cancer.

Its author, war journalist Cornelius Ryan, created a new style of military-history writing based on interview research with hundreds of battle participants. The book was made into the legendary war movie in 1962.

War historian Cornelius Ryan chronicles in detailed, readable prose the battle of Arnhem, one of the most important -- and bloodiest -- campaigns in World War II.