List 52 of books by Bruce

Force Recon Diary, 1969

The Riveting, True-to-Life Account of Survival and Death in One of the Most Highly Skilled Units in Vietnam

by Major Bruce H. Norton
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015

Elite and highly trained, the 3d Force Recon's eight-man teams were assigned to obtain vital information about NVA operations. Alone, the men of these small teams were sent behind enemy lines, where they all knew that a single mistake could cost everyone their lives. United States Navy Hospital...

Waiting For The Morning Train

by Bruce Catton
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013

Bruce Catton, whose name is identified with Civil War history, grew up in Benzonia, Michigan, probably the only town within two hundred miles, he says, not founded to cash in on the lumber boom. In this memoir, Catton remembers his youth, his family, his home town, and his coming of age. With...

Stingray

Force Recon Marines Behind the Lines in Vietnam

by Bruce H. Norton
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012

In 1966, the Marine Corps introduced a bold, new concept to the battlefield. Little did the designers of that concept realize that it would change the way wars are fought, and the Corps, from that day forward. One of the most influential strategies of the Vietnam War, the Stingray Patrol comprised...

The Mutiny Of The Bengal Army: An Historical Narrative [Two volumes in One] [Illustrated Edition]

by Colonel George Bruce Malleson
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny] The brilliant two-volume account of the Indian Mutiny written by the eminent military historian Colonel George Malleson, richly illustrated with maps, plans and portraits. “MALLESON,...

Marching Orders

The Untold Story of How the American Breaking of the Japanese Secret Codes Led to the Defeat of Nazi Germany and Japan

by Bruce Lee
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015

The “extraordinarily informed” account of how US cryptographers broke Japan’s Purple cipher to change the course of World War II (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Marching Orders tells the story of how the American military’s breaking of the Japanese diplomatic Purple codes during World...

The Language of the Inka since the European Invasion

by Bruce Mannheim
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013

The Inka empire, Tawantinsuyu, fell to Spanish invaders within a year's time (1532-1533), but Quechua, the language of the Inka, is still the primary or only language of millions of Inka descendants throughout the southern Andes. In this innovative study, Bruce Mannheim synthesizes all that is currently...

Force Recon Diary, 1970

A True Account of Courage in Vietnam

by Bruce H. Norton
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013

The quiet of the night was again shattered by the thunderous roll of incoming artillery shells, spaced five seconds apart, ripping the jungle to pieces, as huge chunks of earth and vegetation blew skyward under the brilliant flashes of orange and white explosions . . . The possibility of encountering...

The Black Sheep

The Definitive History of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 in World War II

by Bruce Gamble
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007

With their renowned squadron leader Greg “Pappy” Boyington, Marine Fighting Squadron (VMF) 214 was one of the best-known and most colorful combat units of World War II. The popular television series Baa Baa Black Sheep added to their legend—while obscuring the truly remarkable combat record...

Gettysburg: The Final Fury

by Bruce Catton
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013

An incisive look at the turning point of the Civil War, when the great armies of the North and South came to Gettysburg in July 1863—from Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton, one of the great historians of the Civil War. Engaging and authoritative, Catton analyzes the course of events at Gettysburg,...

This Hallowed Ground

A History of the Civil War

by Bruce Catton
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011

The classic one-volume history of the American Civil War simultaneously captures the dramatic scope and intimate experience of that epic struggle, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Bruce Catton. Covering events from the prelude of the conflict to the death of Lincoln, Catton blends a gripping narrative...

They All Love Jack

Busting the Ripper

by Bruce Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015

For over a hundred years, the mystery of Jack the Ripper has been a source of unparalleled fascination and horror, spawning an army of obsessive theorists and endless volumes purporting to finally reveal the identity of the brutal murderer who terrorized Victorian England. But what if there...

Wrong on Race

The Democratic Party's Buried Past

by Bruce Bartlett
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2008

In Wrong on Race, Bruce Bartlett sets the record straight on a hidden past that many Democrats would rather see swept under the carpet. Ranging from the founding of the Republic through to today, it rectifies the unfair perceptions of America's two national parties. While Nixon's infamous "Southern...

Fortress Rabaul: The Battle for the Southwest Pacific, January 1942-April 1943

The Battle for the Southwest Pacific, January 1942-April 1943

by Bruce Gamble
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2010

For most of World War II, the mention of Japan's island stronghold sent shudders through thousands of Allied airmen. Some called it "Fortress Rabaul," an apt name for the headquarters of the Imperial Japanese forces in the Southwest Pacific. Author Bruce Gamble chronicles Rabaul's crucial...

The First American Army

The Untold Story of George Washington and the Men behind America's First Fight for Freedom

by Bruce Chadwick
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006

This is the first book that offers a you-are-there look at the American Revolution through the eyes of the enlisted men. Through searing portraits of individual soldiers, Bruce Chadwick, author of George Washington's War, brings alive what it was like to serve then in the American army. With...

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