John Costello

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John Costello

AKA John Edmond Costello

Born: 3-May-1943
Birthplace: Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland
Died: 26-Aug-1995
Location of death: Undetermined Location, Atlantic Ocean [1]
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Author

Nationality: England
Executive summary: The Pacific War

His Pacific War is the definitive work on the subject.

[1] Died en route on a commercial flight from London to Miami.

Father: John Edward Cecil Costello
Mother: Patricia Suzanne Davis ("Pattie")
Brother: Bryan
Sister: Susan

University: Cambridge University (1965)

Author of books:
The Battle for Concorde (1971, history)
Jutland 1916 (1976, history)
The Concorde Conspiracy: The International Race for the SST (1976, history)
The Battle of the Atlantic: The First Complete Account of the Origins and Outcome of the Longest and Most Crucial Campaign of World War Two (1977, history)
The Pacific War, 1941-1945 (1981, history)
Virtue Under Fire: How World War II Changed Our Social and Sexual Attitudes (1985, history)
Mask of Treachery: Spies, Lies, Buggery and Betrayal: The First Documented Dossier on Anthony Blunt's Cambridge Spy Ring (1988, history)
Ten Days to Destiny: The Secret Story of the Hess Peace Initiative and British Efforts to Strike a Deal with Hitler (1991, history)
Deadly Illusions: The KGB Orlov Dossier Reveals Stalin's Master Spy (1993, history)
Days of Infamy: MacArthur, Roosevelt, Churchill: The Shocking Truth Revealed (1994, history)

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