Dogs of War

The Stories of FDR's Fala, Patton's Willie, and Ike's Telek.

Dogs of War is a treasure trove of marvelous anecdotes, scintillating tidbits, and delightful photographs of three beloved dogs sharing the limelight with Roosevelt, Patton, and Eisenhower as they battled together in their efforts to save the world from fascism. It includes such stories as Fala accompanying FDR on board the USS Augusta, where the President and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill signed the Atlanta Charter; Willie, who shuddered with fear at the sounds of gunfire during combat but traveled with Patton everywhere; and Telek, who garnered front page coverage in the British tabloid media when he and "wife" Caacie, pregnant with puppies, were photographed at a kennel during a six-month quarantine after returning home with Ike from Algiers.Dogs of War celebrates the unconditional, loving bond for man and his best friend, pays tribute to World War II history as our nation approaches the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, and resurrects the tremendous thril

Kathleen Kinsolving of Fairfax, Virginia A descendant of reverends, bishops, actors, authors, poets and reporters, Kathleen Kinsolving is the daughter of veteran White House correspondent, Les Kinsolving. She co-wrote the movie treatment for film about the Jonestown cult that her dad's reporting exposed, and penned his biography, Gadfly: The Life and Times of Les Kinsolving White House Watchdog, in 2010. A wife and mother in Reston, Virginia, she teaches English and journalism at Centreville High School in Clifton, Virginia.

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