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    Cornelius Ryan (5 June 1920 – 23 November 1974) was an Irish-American journalist and author known mainly for writing popular military history. He was especially...
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  • Cornelius Ryan (1920–1974) was an Irish journalist and author known for his books on World War II. Cornelius Ryan may also refer to: Cornelius Ryan (politician)...
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  • during World War II, and based on a book of the same name by historian Cornelius Ryan, the film was directed by Richard Attenborough and with a screenplay...
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  • The Last Battle is a 1966 book by Cornelius Ryan about the events leading up to the Battle of Berlin in World War II. The book, which was published by...
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  • Ryan Cornelius is a British property developer. He was sentenced to ten years in prison for defrauding the Dubai Islamic Bank. After the completion of...
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  • The Cornelius Ryan Award is given for "best nonfiction book on international affairs" by the Overseas Press Club of America (OPC). To be eligible for this...
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    The Longest Day is a 1962 American epic war film based on Cornelius Ryan's 1959 non-fiction book of the same name about the D-Day landings at Normandy...
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  • A Bridge Too Far (1974) by Cornelius Ryan gives an account of Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied attempt to break through German lines at Arnhem...
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  • detailing Wernher von Braun's plans for human spaceflight. Edited by Cornelius Ryan, the individual articles were authored by such space notables of the...
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    Cornelius Edward Ryan CBE (May 12, 1896 – June 6, 1972) was a highly decorated officer in the United States Army with the rank of major general. During...
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  • The Longest Day is a 1959 book by Cornelius Ryan telling the story of D-Day, the first day of the World War II invasion of Normandy. It details the coup...
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    Cornelius is an originally Roman masculine name. Its derivation is uncertain but is suspected to be from the Latin cornu, "horn". Aaron Cornelius (born...
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    battle, with between 6,315 and 8,925 casualties. In A Bridge Too Far, Cornelius Ryan estimated 7,500 to 10,000 additional casualties to those provided by...
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    Williamson 2006, p. 15. Williamson 2006, p. 16. A Bridge Too Far, by Cornelius Ryan (Simon&Schuster, 1974) ISBN 978-8171676361, The Battle of Arnhem in...
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  • Cornelius James Ryan (1882 – 27 November 1939) was a publican and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. On 27 February 1911 he married Eileen...
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    the Samuel Eliot Morison Award, the Francis Parkman Prize, and the Cornelius Ryan Award. Later in 1977, McCullough travelled to the White House to advise...
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  • the Francis Parkman Prize, the Samuel Eliot Morison Award, and the Cornelius Ryan Award. The book details people, places, and events involved in building...
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  • act of overreaching A Bridge Too Far (book), a non-fiction book by Cornelius Ryan on Operation Market Garden A Bridge Too Far (film), a film based on...
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  • politician Cormac Ryan (born 1998), American basketball player Cornelius Ryan (1920–1974), Irish journalist and author C. W. Ryan (1869–1944), American...
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    March 2011). "Top 10 Heroic Animals". Time. Retrieved 17 January 2017. Cornelius Ryan – A Bridge Too Far "Pin on Elizabeth II". Pinterest. "34 Things You...
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  • Washington Post was more favorable and drew favorable comparisons to Cornelius Ryan. "Interview with Jean-Jacques Annaud, referenced by Constantin Film"...
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  • of the 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen" English: Interviews by Cornelius Ryan with Walter Harzer regarding Operation Market Garden http://stonebooks...
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    Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 (winner) 2004: Cornelius Ryan Award for Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and...
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  • It received the 1989 National Book Award for Nonfiction and also the Cornelius Ryan Award. In a book review for The Village Voice, Edward Said criticized...
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  • Future, published by PublicAffairs. He received the citation for the Cornelius Ryan Award for this book. Cain attended The George Washington University...
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  • Taylor Bradford considers Irish historian and author Cornelius Ryan her literary mentor. Ryan encouraged her writing and was the first person (other...
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    Niffenegger Bob Woodward Britney Spears Carrie Fisher Chapo Trap House Cornelius Ryan Dan Brown David McCullough Dick Cheney Donald Trump Doris Kearns Goodwin...
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    Gerlach 1960s 1960 Bonaventura Tecchi 1961 André Schwarz-Bart 1962 Cornelius Ryan 1963 Paolo Caccia Dominioni 1964 Giulio Bedeschi 1965 Luigi Preti 1966 Vincenzo...
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    United States government's attempt to bring democracy to Yemen." 2010 Cornelius Ryan Award for The Good Soldiers. 2010 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for The...
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    America" (urban, progressive and economically disadvantaged). 2005 Cornelius Ryan Award, The Assassin's Gate 2013 National Book Award for Nonfiction,...
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