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"Brilliantly researched, utterly gripping history: the first full account of a remarkable group of Jewish refugees--a top-secret band of brothers--who waged...

This Book Focuses On The Strategic And Operational Dimensions Of The Campaigns Of The Civil War, Showing How Such Factors As Generalship, Organization, Inte...

For most of the second half of the twentieth century, the United States and its allies competed with a hostile Soviet Union in almost every way imaginable ...

In this New York Times bestseller, award-winning combat reporter Sean Naylor reveals how close American forces came to disaster in Afghanistan against Al ...

From the author of Pacific Payback, the true story of how a patchwork band of aviators saved Guadalcanal during WWII.November 1942: Japanese and American f...

By Fitzhugh Lee ; Introduction By Gary Gallagher ; Maps By Blake Magner. Originally Published: Wilmington, N.c. : Broadfoot, 1989. Includes Index.Categories...

In This Riveting Account, Journalist Stanton Recreates The Miseries And Triumphs Of Specially Trained Mounted U.s. Soldiers, Deployed In The War-ravaged Afg...

H.p. Willmott. Second Vol. Of A Trilogy That Began With Empires In The Balance. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. [569]-576.Categories: History MilitaryWor...

Containment -- A Bad Ending -- Containment And Its Discontents -- This Changes Everything: The Aftermath Of 9/11 -- The War Of Words -- The Run-up -- The Si...

Told through the eyes of current and former Navy SEALs, EYES ON TARGET is an inside account of some of the most harrowing missions in American history-incl...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account." — Publishers WeeklyA U.S. naval counterintelligence offic...

Two Of America's Leading Experts On Violent Extremism And Terrorism Explain The Genesis, Evolution, And Implications Of Today's Most Barbaric Jihadist Army,...

'meticulously Researched And Beautifully Written, The True Story Of A Japanese American Family That Found Itself On Opposite Sides During World War Ii--an E...

General George S. Patton, Jr. Died Under Mysterious Circumstances In The Months Following The End Of World War Ii. For Almost Seventy Years, There Has Been ...

In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of t...

The first volume of Shelby Foote's tremendous narrative of the Civil War was greeted enthusiastically by critics and readers alike (see back of jacket for ...

Only now can the full scope of the war in the Pacific be fully understood. Historian Ronald Spector, drawing on newly declassified intelligence files, an ...

Over recent decades, John W. Dower, one of America’s preeminent historians, has addressed the roots and consequences of war from multiple perspectives. I...

In 200708, Captain Ray Wiss, a former infantry officer, served with the Canadian Forces at forward operating bases in Khandahar's Panjwayi valley, the area ...

Following the success of his #1 New York Times bestseller Make Your Bed, which has sold over one million copies, Admiral William H. McRaven is back with am...

Donald E. Graves. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: History Military United StatesGeneral

The Battle of Dunkirk, in May/June 1940, is remembered as a stunning defeat, yet a major victory as well. The Nazis had beaten back the Allies and pushed th...

'grunt' Tackles The Science Behind Some Of A Soldier's Most Challenging Adversaries -- Panic, Exhaustion, Heat, Noise -- And Introduces Us To The Scientists...

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how the...

The heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of America's deadliest battles during the war in Afghanistan, acclaimed by critics everywhere as a classic. A...

Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The Commandan...

Tells The Gripping True Story Of A U.s. Airman Who Was The Soul Surviver When His Bomber Crashed Into The Sea During World War Ii And Had To Face Thousands ...

The companion volume to Stars in Their Courses, this marvelous account of Grant's siege of the Mississippi port of Vicksburg continues Foote's narrative of ...

A valuable and compelling portrait of the daily life of Americans during the Victorian era—the fourth volume in the Everyday Life in America series K...

Called “everything a war memoir could possibly be” by The New York Times, this all-time classic of the military memoir genre now includes a new forward ...

Simmering racial tensions inflamed by discriminatory punitive measures sparked a violent confrontation aboard the USS Kitty Hawk while it was engaged in air...

A Painstakingly Researched, Revelatory Portrait Of The Soviet Dictator's Daughter Traces Her Formative Years In The Kremlin, The Losses Of Numerous Loved On...

Based on the author's National Magazine Award-winning series in Rolling Stone, this New York Times bestseller offers a firsthand account of the first warri...

Amity Shlaes, author of The Forgotten Man, delivers a brilliant and provocative reexamination of America’s thirtieth president, Calvin Coolidge, and the d...

The sequel to Jennifer Worth's New York Times bestselling memoir and the basis for the PBS series Call the Midwife When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth...

A Memoir By A Uss Arizona Survivor Describes His Experience Of The Attacks That Left Him With Burns Over More Than Sixty-five Percent Of His Body, His Resol...

Omar Bradley: General at WarCategories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders & Notable People MilitaryWorld War II

While the fathers were off founding the country, what were the women doing? Running their husband s businesses, raising their children plus providing polit...

A Non-fiction Analysis Of The Persian Gulf War And The Nature Of War And Command As Seen Through The Actions Of General Frederick M. Franks, Jr., Commander ...

THE "MUST-READ"* BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY FOR PUBLIC TELEVISIONAfter the Band of Brothers went home, they never forgot the lessons ...

The Murder Of Abraham Lincoln Set Off The Greatest Manhunt In American History. From April 14 To April 26, 1865, The Assassin Led Union Cavalry And Detectiv...

What Does It Take, Both Physically And Mentally, To Join The World’s Most Respected—and Feared—military Units? Lewis Looks At The Origins, Training, T...

The compelling untold story of a group of stranded U.S. Army nurses and medics fighting to escape Nazi-occupied Europe. When 26 Army nurses and medics-par...

THE FIRST MEMOIR BY A USS ARIZONA SURVIVOR: Donald Stratton, one of the battleship's five living heroes, delivers an "epic,"* "powerful,"** and "intimate"*...

Ted Barris. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: History MilitaryAfghan War

The astonishing untold story of the WWII airmen who risked it all in the deadly race to become the greatest American fighter pilot.\In 1942, America's deadl...

Starr Smith ; Foreword By Walter Cronkite. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 278-283) And Index.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders & No...

H.r. Mcmaster. Originally Published: New York: Harpercollins, 1997. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 419-434) And Index.Categories: Politics & So...