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World War II was the greatest conflict in human history. It gave birth to the Atomic Age, the Cold War, and the economic boom of the 1950s and 1960s. It also planted the seeds of today's Middle East crises, as well as other conflicts that continue to rage. These events may seem like terrible myths to younger people today, but they are not distant history. Bitter Ashes puts these events in context for today’s young readers. Every page is illustrated with either archival photographs or maps, which will help lead the casual reader into the story. This book will be indispensable to Social Science teachers who are either covering twentieth century history, or wish to give their students the background to the modern world. It will provide context and clarification of the complex issues that created the world we live in today.

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, John Wilson worked in Zimbabwe and Alberta before taking up writing full-time and moving to Vancouver Island in 1991. Each of his sixteen novels and five non-fiction books for kids deals with the past. He is the author of Righting Wrongs: The Story of Norman Bethune and Discovering the Arctic: The Story of John Rae. Both were short-listed for the Norma Fleck Award for children’s non-fiction. Desperate Glory: The Story of World War I was short-listed for Ontario’s Red Maple Award.