About the Author

E. Thomas Wood’s investigative, business, and historical journalism has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and numerous other newspapers and magazines. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, USA, and holds an M.Phil. degree in European Studies from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Historian Stanislaw M. Jankowski is a leading authority on Poland’s underground movement during the Second World War. He is a graduate of Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, and the author of more than 20 books. For his historical work related to the Katyn massacre, he has been awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Reviews

Karski is the remarkable story of a modest man who has become a "professional hero.". . . Economically written and well-researched. --The Times Literary Supplement A book that is more than just a spy thriller: Karski's report raises anew the question of why the Allies didn't make ending the mass-murder of the Jews a war aim. --Der Spiegel