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　　A Question of Honor is the gripping, little-known story of the

refugee Polish pilots who joined the RAF and played an essential

role in saving Britain from the Nazis, only to be betrayed by the

Allies after the war.

After Poland fell to the Nazis, thousands of Polish pilots,

soldiers, and sailors escaped to England. Devoted to liberating

their homeland, some would form the RAF’s 303 squadron, known as

the Kosciuszko Squadron, after the elite unit in which many had

flown back home. Their thrilling exploits and fearless flying made

them celebrities in Britain, where they were “adopted” by

socialites and seduced by countless women, even as they yearned for

news from home. During the Battle of Britain, they downed more

German aircraft than any other squadron, but in a stunning twist at

the war’s end, the Allies rewarded their valor by abandoning Poland

to Joseph Stalin. This moving, fascinating book uncovers a crucial

forgotten chapter in World War II–and Polish–history.

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　　Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud are coauthors of The Murrow

Boys, a biography of the correspondents whom Edward R. Murrow hired

before and during World War II to create CBS News. Olson is the

author of Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil

Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970. Cloud, a former Washington

bureau chief for Time, was also a national political correspondent,

White House correspondent, Saigon bureau chief, and Moscow

correspondent for Time. Olson was a Moscow correspondent for the

Associated Press and White House correspondent for the Baltimore

Sun. She and Cloud are married and live in Washington, D.C.

　　From the Hardcover edition.

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　　“Exciting. . . . A tale of heroism, camaraderie and glory. The

authors vividly re-create the airmen’s daily bouts with death and

nights of partying, their lost lives and loves.” —The Washington

Post Book World

　　“An impassioned, riveting account of Poland’s betrayal by Britain

and the United States, which quickly forgot the Poles’ heroism in

their rush to appease the Soviet Union.” —Newsweek

　　“Exciting and compelling, a fine story too rarely told, a tribute

to the Polish fighting spirit, and a well-written war history about

a distant but very good neighbor.” —Alan Furst

书籍介绍

A Question of Honor is the gripping, little-known story of the refugee Polish pilots who joined the RAF and played an essential role in saving Britain from the Nazis, only to be betrayed by the Allies after the war.

After Poland fell to the Nazis, thousands of Polish pilots, soldiers, and sailors escaped to England. Devoted to liberating their homeland, some would form the RAF’s 303 squadron, known as the Kosciuszko Squadron, after the elite unit in which many had flown back home. Their thrilling exploits and fearless flying made them celebrities in Britain, where they were “adopted” by socialites and seduced by countless women, even as they yearned for news from home. During the Battle of Britain, they downed more German aircraft than any other squadron, but in a stunning twist at the war’s end, the Allies rewarded their valor by abandoning Poland to Joseph Stalin. This moving, fascinating book uncovers a crucial forgotten chapter in World War II–and Polish–history.