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Abstract/Sommario: In questo secondo volume, «L'evasione di Mortimer», dopo essere stato torturato, il nostro scienziato finge di collaborare con l'Impero Giallo, ricostruendo i piani, andati perduti, dell'Espadon, la più miciadiale arma tecnologica mai progettata da mente umana, mentre il tenente Blake, con il fido servitore Nasir, tenterà di farlo evadere. Nel terzo ed ultimo volume la spettacolare e pirotecnica conclusione.

Abstract/Sommario: L’OFFENSIVA DEL TET
L’Esercito Nordvietnamita e i Vietcong lanciano la terribile ”Offensiva del Tet”, che coglie di sorpresa gli Americani. Anche se la reazione è immediata e conduce a una schiacciante vittoria dei Marines, in patria gli effetti scioccanti dell’attacco lasciano un profondo turbamento.

DA JOHNSON A NIXON
1968: mentre il movimento americano contro la guerra diventa sempre più forte, Nixon viene eletto presidente. La strategia bellica però non cambia: in Vietnam si c ...; [Leggi tutto...] L’OFFENSIVA DEL TET
L’Esercito Nordvietnamita e i Vietcong lanciano la terribile ”Offensiva del Tet”, che coglie di sorpresa gli Americani. Anche se la reazione è immediata e conduce a una schiacciante vittoria dei Marines, in patria gli effetti scioccanti dell’attacco lasciano un profondo turbamento.

DA JOHNSON A NIXON
1968: mentre il movimento americano contro la guerra diventa sempre più forte, Nixon viene eletto presidente. La strategia bellica però non cambia: in Vietnam si continua a combattere. Ogni battaglia si trasforma in un massacro senza senso, poiché ogni postazione conquistata viene quasi subito abbandonata. Emblema di queste “non-vittorie” è la carneficina di “Hamburger Hill”.

Abstract/Sommario: As a yacht sails into an island chain in the South Pacific, a large number of natives in pontoon boats sail out to greet them. The natives dive for the trinkets the yacht's crew throws them. A shark arrives, scaring most of the natives away. Attempting to catch a shark by throwing it bait that has been tied to a harpoon-sized hook, Johnny Baker (Joel McCrea) accidentally steps into a loop that tightens around his ankle. The shark takes the bait, and the rope grows tighter, causing the ...; [Leggi tutto...] As a yacht sails into an island chain in the South Pacific, a large number of natives in pontoon boats sail out to greet them. The natives dive for the trinkets the yacht's crew throws them. A shark arrives, scaring most of the natives away. Attempting to catch a shark by throwing it bait that has been tied to a harpoon-sized hook, Johnny Baker (Joel McCrea) accidentally steps into a loop that tightens around his ankle. The shark takes the bait, and the rope grows tighter, causing the rope to yank the young man overboard. Luana (Dolores del Río), the daughter of the chief, saves his life by leaping into the water and cutting the rope.

It is not long before they meet in the middle of the night. Swiftly falling in love, they discover she has been promised by her father to another man – a prince on a neighboring island. An arranged wedding with an elaborate dance sequence then follows. Johnny appears at the nick of time, runs into a circle of burning fire, rescues her as the natives kneel to the fire.

They travel to another island where they hope to live out the rest of their lives. He builds her a house with a roof of thatched grass. However, their idyll is smashed when the local volcano on her home island begins to erupt. She confesses to her lover that she alone can appease the mountain. Her people take her back. When Johnny goes after her, he is wounded in the shoulder by a spear and tied up. The people decide to sacrifice both of them to the volcano, but on the way, the couple are rescued by Johnny's friends and taken aboard the yacht.

Johnny's wound is tended to, but his friends wonder what will become of the lovers. Luana does not fit into Johnny's world. When Johnny is sleeping, Luana's father demands her back. She goes willingly, believing that only she can save her people by voluntarily throwing herself into the volcano's mouth.

Abstract/Sommario: Il treno porta Paolo Rumiz attraverso i luoghi del Fronte Orientale, dove gli italiani d'Austria, ovvero trentini e triestini, andarono a combattere contro i russi, in quella che è una guerra dimenticata. Infatti oggi, l'impero austroungarico non esiste più, e per i russi la memoria odierna comincia con la rivoluzione del 1917.