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A nation lost its innocence on November 22, 1963, the day that President John F. Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullet in Dallas. Thirty-five years lat...

Phantom Fleet: The Hunt for Nazi Submarine U-505 and World War II’s Most Daring HeistCategories: Biographies & Memoirs True CrimeEspionage

Nemesis: Medieval England's Greatest EnemyCategories: HistoryMilitary

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...

Clarence Smoyer Began The War As A Gentle Giant, A Factory Worker From Pennsylvania Coal Country Reluctant To Unleash The Power Of The Sherman Tank He Crewe...

Describes Social Life And Customs Of The Working People In New York After The Revolution. Includes Sections On Apprentices And Youths, Journeymen, Master Cr...

Examines the role of the air force in World War II, including the nonstop bombing over Germany and the slow island by island battles in the Pacific.Categori...

A maritime adventure memoir that follows a crew of misfits hired to sail an 18th-century warship 5,000 miles to Hollywood In the late 1990s, Patrick O'Bria...

Examines how space technology is being used for espionage, discusses the clashes between the Air Force and the CIA for control of the vast system, and detai...

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

The Rolls-Royce Merlin is the most recognisable aero engine in the world. It powered the Battle of Britain aircraft, the Spitfire and Hurricane, as they def...

This is the first-hand account of Rudolf's Vrba's experience as a registrar in the prison camp as well as the story of his daring escape. Categories: Hist...

Auschwitz-Birkenau is the site of the largest mass murder in human history. Yet its story is not fully known. In Auschwitz, Laurence Rees reveals new insigh...

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

Using New Technology, Recently Discovered Documents And Sophisticated Investigative Techniques, An International Team--led By An Obsessed Retired Fbi Agent-...

An Unabridged Edition Of Anne Frank's Diary Provides Insight Into Anne's Relationship With Her MotherCategories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics &am...

World War Two was a war of rapid and far-reaching conquest and movement, and a good sense of world geography is essential to grasping its magnitude and sw...

From the very first handguns of the fifteenth century to modern machine guns and rifles, Small Arms Visual Encyclopedia is a highly illustrated volume that ...

Conceived in the mid-Thirties for the RAF as an Army co-operation and liaison aircraft, Westland Aircraft designed and built the rugged high-wing monoplane ...

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...

The defeat of the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain was thanks largely to a highly effective support network that lay behind the Spitfire and Hurricane sq...

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

Near The End Of World War Ii, Thousands Of Allied Ex-pows Were Abandoned To Wander The War-torn Eastern Front, Modern Day Ukraine. With No Food, Shelter, Or...

The Philippines -- Java -- Defense Of Australia And New Guinea -- Guadalcanal -- The Central Solomons -- The Papuan Campaign -- Holding The Line : New Guine...

A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II. On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Arm...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London duri...

This is a detailed account of the incredible 5-month siege of Leningrad.Categories: History MilitaryWorld War II

Acclaimed historian and best-selling author Antony Beevor vividly brings to life the epic struggles that took place in Second World War Crete - reissued wi...

Jeremy Black. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [292]-320) And Index.Categories: Engineering & TransportationEngineering

This is an account of the turbulent saga of the only Arab state that has a nominal Christian majority. Packed with rival religious sects, feudal chieftain...

The Lebanese Civil War of 1975-76 caused 80,000 dead and totally split the country along factional lines. An estimated 50 different militias came into exist...

At the outbreak of the First World War, an entire generation of young men charged into battle for what they believed was a glorious cause. Over the next fou...

1: Across The Middle Sea -- The Burning Shore -- An Island Redoubt -- 2: Salerno -- Corpse Of The Siren -- Winter -- 3: A River And A Rock -- Perdition -- T...

The Author Offers A Thorough Analysis Of The Events, Efforts, And Qualities That Led To The Allied Victory In World War Ii: The War At Sea, The Battles In R...

Tennozan Offers A Stunning Account Of The Battle Of Okinawa, The Last Major Campaign Of World War Ii And The Largest Land-sea-air Engagement In History. In ...

Brimming with authentic detail and an unforgettable cast of characters—-from Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse to Ulysses Grant and Custer himself—-this is his...

Book by Miller, DavidCategories: History MilitaryGeneral

The inspiration for a major motion picture by Mark Wahlberg: A Navy SEAL's firsthand account of American heroism during a secret military operation in Afgh...

The Story Of The Rescue Of America's Newest Submarine, Squalus, From The North Atlantic On The Eve Of World War Ii. Thirty-three Crew Miraculously Survived ...

The 199th Light Infantry Brigade was created from three U.S. infantry battalions of long lineage as a fast reaction force to place in Vietnam. As the book b...

Many narrative accounts of men in combat during World War II have conveyed the horrors and emotions of warfare. However, not many reveal in such an intimat...

a Unique American Chronicle Of A Navy Family's Life During The Vietnam War Years, This Widely Acclaimed Memoir Has Been Updated To Include An Outspoken Acco...

Revolutions Come In Waves And Cycles. We Are Again Riding The Crest Of A Revolutionary Epic, Much Like 1848 Or 1917, From The Arab Spring To Movements Again...

a Riveting Account Of The Fall Of Greece, The Battle Of Crete, And The Cretanresistance, From The Beginning Of World War Ii To Its End. library Journal few...

Reviews The Individuals, Tactics, And Events Involved In Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery's Plan To End World War Ii. Operation Market-garden, September...

D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history, took place on June 6, 1944. The subsequent battle of Normandy involved over a million men from America, C...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Also on the USA Today, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Globe and Mail, Publishers Weekly, and Indie bestseller lists.On...