Catch-22 : As recommended on BBC2's Between the Covers Samuel P. Huntington Fazal Sheikh

Fazal Sheikh

this is a story of war told with simplicity and immediacy

he overcame physical abuse

Collected by: Louise and Joseph Pulitzer

Eyewitness World War I takes an in-depth look at the battles fought

Catch-22 : As recommended on BBC2's Between the Covers Samuel P. Huntington Fazal SheikhDiscover Joseph Heller's hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive it. It's the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been closer to death. Stationed in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, each flight mission introduces him to thousands of people determined to kill him. But the enemy above is not Yossarian's problem it is his own army intent on keeping him airborne,