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Canadian World War II pilot Charley Fox, now in his late eighties, has had a thrilling life, especially on the day in July 1944 in France when he spotted a...

Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders, captured by the Japanese in Singapore. Forced into manual labor as a POW, he survived 750 days i...

1. Fall From Grace -- 2. Just A Simple Civil Servant -- 3. Thank God That's Over! -- 4. The Generals: There's No Life Like It. -- 5. The Grunts -- 6. Going ...

An internationally acclaimed novelist and journalist movingly chronicles her childhood in Rome during World War II, providing a rare account by a Catholic ...

One of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture, The Book of Five Rings analyzes the process o...

Illustrated with detailed artworks of German combat aircraft and their markings, The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Luftwaffe Squadrons 1939-45 i...

The prevailing image of European Jews during the Holocaust is one of helpless victims, but in fact many Jews struggled against the terrors of the Third Re...

Joe Garner, a twenty-one-year member of the original Green Berets, recounts his top-secret missions with the U.S. Army Special Forces, involving the Cuba mi...

Spanning the years of 1940-1965, THE LAST LION picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister-when his tiny island nation stood alone again...

On June 6, 1944, Nearly 15,000 Canadians - At Sea, In The Air, And On The Ground - Joined The Long-anticipated D-day Invasion Of Nazi-occupied Europe On The...

An up-to-date history of the longest campaign of World War II and the only history to fully integrate the experience of all sides, British, German, American...

The experience of war has affected every generation in the 20th and 21st century. Every soldier has a story to tell, and since the year 2000 the Veteran's H...

The story of Captain D. Michael Abrashoff and his command of USS Benfold has become legendary inside and outside the Navy. Now Abrashoff offers this fascin...

The heyday of the European states system was in the century before the First World War. How the system of five great powers in conscious equilibrium came in...

Published with a new afterword from the author—the classic, bestselling account of how the modern Middle East was created The Middle East has long been a ...

The centuries-long quest for the fabled Northwest Passage rivals the story of Antarctic exploration for heroism, drama, and tragedy. Expedition after expedi...

The third edition of Europe 1783-1914 provides a comprehensive overview of Europe from the outbreak of the French Revolution to the origins of the First Wo...

Product Description From an award-winning scholar comes this definitive, single-volume history that illuminates the tensions and transformations of the...

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 ama...

From Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author Rick Atkinson comes an eyewitness account of the war against Iraq and a vivid portrait of a remarkable gro...

Caracalla' Has One Of The Worst Reputations Of Any Roman Emperor. Many Ancient Historians Were Very Hostile And Edward Gibbon Later Dubbed Him The Common En...

Describes political developments in Europe from the aftermath of World War II to the decline of the Soviet empire. Describes polit...

'the Epic Story Of An Iconic Aircraft And The Breathtaking Courage Of Those Who Flew Her' Andy Mcnab, Bestselling Author Of Bravo Two Zero 'compelling, Thri...

from The new York Times-bestselling Author Of In harm's Way Comes A True-life Story Of American Soldiers Overcoming Great Odds To Achieve A Stunning Milit...

P. J. Naworynski. Includes Bibliographical References.Categories: Sports & Outdoors MiscellaneousOlympic Games

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 ...

Fought on almost every continent, the Second World War confronted American GIs with unprecedented threats to life and health posed by combat on Arctic ice f...

From a World War II concentration camp to the Korean War to the White House, this is the incredible story of Tibor “Teddy” Rubin, the only Holocaust su...

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

In New Hampshire, nestled among the foothills of the White Mountains, lies one of the most beautiful bodies of water anywhere in the world, Lake Winnipesauk...

The ocean levels may not have risen an inch, but the CHANGE in the planet's social, economic, and political CLIMATE is flooding the earth with predictable c...

Tim Cook, Canada's Leading War Historian, Ventures Deep Into The Second World War In This Epic Two-volume Story Of Heroism And Horror, Loss And Longing, And...

From the author of the award-winning, best-selling novel Matterhorn, comes a brilliant nonfiction book about warIn 1968, at the age of twenty-three, Karl M...

Studies two powerful dictators maneuvering for advantage as they prepared for their fight to the deathCategories: History MilitaryWorld War II

This is spectacular new book from Europe’s leading uniform and equipment publisher will follow in the footsteps as such classics from the past as From Dou...

Joyce Lee Malcolm. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: History MilitaryUnited States

This book presents, for the first time, a comprehensive picture of Minnesota's contribution to the nation's epic struggle during the Civil War." "From diari...

As World War II ended, dancing broke out in the streets of victorious capitals. But in Washington and Moscow, menacing ultimatums soon replaced declarations...

The veterans of the Vietnam War were too shocked and scarred by the violent and bizarre conflict to understand the nightmare that had visited their lives. N...

Winner of the 2011 Christian Book of the Year and 2011 Christian Book Award for Nonfiction From the New York Times bestselling author of Amazing Grace, a g...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: “Beautifully told.”—CNN • “A remarkable story...worth retelling and celebrating.”—USA Today • “Oh, it’s a...

Introduction: Kossovo Day -- History: War By Other Means -- Slobodan. Milosevic@gov.yu -- Phantom State -- Homeland Calling -- Friends From The Woods -- Quo...

On T.p.: . . . Who Drifted On A Life Raft For Ten Days Without Food Or Water, Was Proclaimed A National Hero, Kissed By Beauty Queens, Made Rich Through Pub...

Like the men whose epic stories Jon Krakauer has told in his previous bestsellers, Pat Tillman was an irrepressible individualist and iconoclast. In May 200...

Now more than ever, kids want to know about our country's great struggles during World War II. This book is packed with information that kids will find fas...

A beautifully illustrated and poignant graphic memoir that tells the story of World War II from an Everyman's perspective. In March of 1943, Scott Chantle...

"He seems to have brought to this book the ear of a musician and the eye of a painter . . . the premier war correspondence of Vietnam."—Washington Post. "...

What effect did the two world wars have on the relations between women and men? Drawing on broad comparative material—from government policy to popular me...