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Documents The Extraordinary Story Of Three Brothers In World War Ii, Describing The Rescue Mission Launched By The Elder Two When Their Youngest Brother Was...

Deemed "the best history of oil ever written" by Business Week and with more than 300,000 copies in print, Daniel Yergin’s Pulitzer Prize–winning accoun...

In his quest for military glory, Benito Mussolini sent the Italian Eighth Army to the Eastern Front to help fight the Russians, only to have his forces rout...

Jutland has produced more inconclusive controversy from historians and naval officers than any other modern sea fight, and yet no previous account has made ...

'It's the end of the 1916 winter and the conditions are almost unbelievable. We live in a world of Somme mud. We sleep in it, work in it, fight in it, wade ...

Legends, questions and theories abound about Oak Island, Nova Scotia, and tales of buried treasure there. For more than two centuries, the island has been ...

Throughout History, The Concept Of Command - As Both A Way To Achieve Objectives And As An Assertion Of Authority - Has Been Essential To Military Action An...

Few war films made about the 1939-45 period are complete without sight of a boxy little Kübelwagen light utility vehicle being smartly driven by a German o...

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...

Never before in German military history did the German Artillery possess such variety and magnitude as in the World War II era. From North Cape to Tobruk, B...

Hitler’s rise to power, Germany’s march to the abyss, as seen by Americansdiplomats, military, expats, visiting authors, Olympic athleteswho watched hor...

In this 60th anniversary edition is Ted Barris' telling of the unique story of Canada's largest World War II expenditure - $1.75 billion in a Commonwealth-w...

World War I changed a generation, ushered in the modern era, and revolutionized how we see the world. Drawing from a variety of primary sources--including p...

A beautifully illustrated pocket guide to 40 of the most iconic World War II tanks.From the rapid blitzkrieg assaults to the great battles in North Africa a...

During The Second World War, Canadians Found Themselves Behind Enemy Lines In Europe And Asia. Not All, Were Ill-fated Airmen Shot Down In The Fury Of Battl...

The book starts with on the capture of Vimy Ridge and the nearly spur of Notre Dame de Lorette in October 1914. The major battles of spring and autumn 1915 ...

The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War I was, in the words of T.E. Lawrence, "a sideshow to a sideshow." As a result, the conflict was shaped to a r...

Bessner Conducted Hundreds Of Interviews And Extensive Archival Research To Paint A Complex Picture Of The Role Of Canadian Jews In The War Effort.Categorie...

Elizabeth R. Varon. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 435-487) And Index.Categories: HistoryMilitary

Published to glowing reviews, this riveting narrative takes us back to when the Cuban Revolution was young and offers a new and surprising look at Fidel Cas...

The only journalist ever to interview "C" presents a definitive, illustrated biography of the British spymaster and a chronicle of his legendary careerCateg...

The New York Times best-selling biography of one of America’s most storied military figures. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s 1864 burning of Atlanta...

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

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...

This fascinating title explains and analyzes the history, technology, and service of the Soviet Navy's nuclear attack submarines, the formidable high-tech...

Introduction: A Generation Revisited -- Long Time Passing -- Two Soldiers -- The Generation -- A Different War -- Southie And The Rebels -- Draft And Protes...

In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war." John Keegan referred to it in The Secon...

Naval service is an apprenticed profession. Experienced sailors mentor their younger shipmates, passing down their hard-earned knowledge and skills, and wor...

In 1208 Pope Innocent Iii Called For A Crusade Against A Country Of Fellow-christians. The New Enemy Was Raymond Vi, Count Of Toulouse, One Of The Greatest ...

A Stirringly Evocative, Thought-provoking, And Often Jaw-dropping Account, The Operator Ranges Across Seal Team Operator Robert O'neill's Awe-inspiring Four...

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...

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...

On April 30, 1945, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker as the Red Army closed in on Berlin. Within four days the Soviets had recovered his body. But the...

Introduction: A Formidable Array -- Little Short Of Hell -- A Murderous Beating -- Hopeless Situation -- Day Of Revenge -- A Terrible Dream -- Most Successf...

In one furious week of fighting in December 1943, the First Canadian Infantry Division took Ortona, Italy, from elite German paratroopers ordered to hold th...

Following His National Best-seller, Juno Beach, And With His Usual Verve And Narrative Skill, Historian Mark Zuehlke Chronicles The Crucial Six Days When Ca...

The First World War, now a century ago, still shapes the world in which we live, and its legacy lives on, in poetry, in prose, in collective memory and poli...

Major General Julian Thompson first wrote No Picnic when the momentous events of April – June 1982 were fresh in his mind. As Commander of 3 Commando Brig...

[this Book] Takes You To The Western Front During The Great War. Experience The Risks Of Combat And The Many Close Calls Collishaw Had As A Pilot, Flight Co...

This Work Offers The First Look At How Religion Created And Prolonged The First World War. At The One-hundredth Anniversary Of The Outbreak Of The War, The ...

The centenary of the start of World War One in 1914 provides an opportunity to assess the role and impact of conflict in the history of the last century, an...

Book by Godefroy, HughCategories: History MilitaryWorld War II

Vimy Ridge was one of the most important geographic features on the entire Western Front in World War I (1914-1918). In early 1917 it was considered practic...

The definitive history of one of the fiercest battles of World War II Library Journal First published in Hungarian in 1998, Ungvary's account of the 100-d...

Describes The Potsdam Conference, Which United Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, And Joseph Stalin To Establish Post-war Order, Negotiate Lasting Peace Treat...

Book by BercusonCategories: History MilitaryWorld War II

A classic memoir of WWI flying, Wind in the Wires paints a vivid picture of early war training and combat, especially with the Maurice Farman Shorthorn and ...

A national bestseller with more than 370,000 copies in print, this is "the first book that anyone who wants to learn about Hitler or the war in Europe must...