Daniel Ford writes about the wars of the 20th century, from the Irish rebellion of 1916-1921 to the more recent counter-insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan. His novel of the Vietnam war was filmed as "Go Tell the Spartans," starring Burt Lancaster. He is the author of "Poland's Daughter," a memoir of his friendship with Basia Deszberg, whose hometown of Lwów was annexed by Stalin in 1939 and again in 1944, and whose father and brother were shot in the Katyń Forest massacres. His website is DanFordBooks.com.