CHARLES F. GRITZNER is Distinguished Professor of Geography at South
Dakota State University in Brookings. He is now in his fifth decade of college
teaching, scholarly research, and writing. In addition to teaching, he
enjoys traveling, writing,...
'The nightly routine of sirens, barrage, the probing raider, the unmistakable engine ... the bomb-bursts moving nearer and then moving away, hold one like a love-charm' - Graham Greene
When the first bombs fell on London in August 1940, the city...