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"The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history - the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceFor eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her a...

Now in paperback-the 'amazing'( James Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers) never-before-told story of the greatest escape of...

In 480 B.C., a huge Persian army, led by the inimitable King Xerxes, entered the mountain pass of Thermopylae to march on Greece, intending to conquer the...

In the tradition of Tom Brokaw’s The Greatest Generation and the bestselling Flags of Our Fathers, Blake Heathcote brings together stirring and fascin...

'Clements has a knack for writing suspenseful sure-footed conflict scenes: His recounting of the Korean invasion led by samurai and daimyo Toyotomi Hideyos...

16 Million Copies Sold 'a Book To Read, To Cherish, To Debate, And One That Will Ultimately Keep The Memories Of The Victims Alive' John Boyne, Author Of Th...

Chronicles Several Major Events Including The End Of The Vietnam War, Watergate, Roe V. Wade, Disco, And Much More. Troubled Times : 1970-1979 -- Shapers Of...

david Mccullough Tells The Story Of Those Who Marched With General George Washington In The Year Of The Declaration Of Independence - When The Whole Americ...

Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was...

One Of The World' S Foremost Military Historians Offers A Sweeping View Of The Place Of Warfare In Civilization. Probing The Meanings, Motivations, And Meth...

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

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...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Alex Kershaw, author of The Longest Winter and The Liberator, returns with an utterly immersive, adrenaline-driven account of D-Day...

The Widow Of American Sniper Chris Kyle Shares Their Private Story: An Unforgettable Testament To The Power Of Love And Faith In The Face Of War And Unimagi...

John Keegan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 449-455) And Index.Categories: History MilitaryWorld War I

blood Flows Over My Left Hand And I Lose My Grip On His Hair. His Head Snaps Back Against The Floor. In An Instant, His Fists Are Pummeling Me. I Rock From...

Based On Years Of Original Research And New Reporting, Two Acclaimed Authors Deliver The Riveting And Emotionally Wrenching Full Story Of The Worst Sea Disa...

Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them in Iraq as the head of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit. Whenever IEDs were dis...

in 1386, A Few Days After Christmas, A Huge Crowd Gathers At A Parisian Monastery To Witness What Will Become The Nation's Final "trial By Combat"—a Court...

Osprey's Campaign title for one of the most important naval battles in the history of World War II (1939-1945), Midway, which was fought barely six months a...

The Adventurous, Insightful, And Often Chilling Story Of A Young Geographer's Road Trip Through The Underworld Of U.s. Military And Cia Black Ops Sites. Geo...

Sebastian Junger, the bestselling author of War and The Perfect Storm, takes a critical look at post-traumatic stress disorder and the many challenges toda...

Completely new selection of guns featured - this book does not repeat the content of other similar volumes by the same author or with the same title.Categor...

In his New York Times bestselling chronicle of military life, Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections o...

For Frederick The Great, The Prescription For Warfare Was Simple: Kurz Und Vives (short And Lively) - Wars That Relied Upon Swift, Powerful, And Decisive Mi...

An ex-Marine captain shares his story of fighting in a recon battalion in both Afghanistan and Iraq, beginning with his brutal training on Quantico Island a...

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...

Autumn 1944. World War Ii Is Nearly Over In Europe But Is Escalating In The Pacific, Where American Soldiers Face An Opponent Who Will Go To Any Length To A...

the First World War Created The Modern World. A Conflict Of Unprecedented Ferocity, It Abruptly Ended The Relative Peace And Prosperity Of The Victorian Er...

From Chris Wallace, the veteran journalist and anchor of Fox News Sunday, comes an electrifying behind-the-scenes account of the secret meetings and events...

Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canada’s most re...

This Book, By A Veteran Observer Of The Middle East, Tells The Story Of The Gassing Of Halabja. It Shows How Iraq Was Able To Develop Ever More Sophisticate...

Gregory A. Freeman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [289]-291) And Index.Categories: Engineering & Transportation Transportation ShipsHistory ...

A youthful troublemaker, a world-class NCAA miler, a 1936 Olympian, a WWII bombardier: Louis Zamperini had a fuller life than most. But on May 27, 1943, it...

A Portrait Of The American Recon Platoon Of The 101st Airborne Division Describes Their Sixty-day Fight For Survival During The 1968 Tet Offensive, Tracing ...

The Inspiring Story Of Two Pioneering Suffragette Doctors Who Ran The Only Military Hospital Staffed Entirely By Women During World War I -- And Who Transfo...

What Would The Founders Think? We Live In A Divided America That Is Currently Incapable Of Sustained Argument And Is Feeling Unsure Of Its Destiny. Joseph J...

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...

Winner of the 2017 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writingThe natural history of the Western Front during the First World War'If it weren't fo...

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...

The #1 New York Times Best-selling Author Of In The Garden Of Beasts Presents A 100th-anniversary Chronicle Of The Sinking Of The Lusitania That Discusses T...

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An account of the extraordinary strength and courage exhibited by americans under the extreme and seemingly unending stress of three and a half years of cap...

the Riveting, Action-packed True Story Of The First Soldier To Challenge The War In Iraq. as A 1st Lieutenant And Infantry Platoon Leader For The U.s. Army...

The controversial, best-selling investigation of the events surrounding Pearl Harbor acclaimed as a shocking account of judgments distorted by politics and...

At the height of the First World War, on Easter Monday April 9, 1917, in early morning sleet, sixteen battalions of the Canadian Corps rose along a six-kilo...

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...