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Behind Nazi Lines

My Father's Heroic Quest to Save 149 World War II POWs

by Denise George, Andrew Gerow Hodges, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015

In 1944, hundreds of Allied soldiers were trapped in POW camps in occupied France. The odds of their survival were long. The odds of escaping, even longer. But one-man had the courage to fight the odds . . . An elite British S.A.S. operative on an assassination mission gone wrong. A Jewish...

Jungle Rules

A True Story of Marine Justice in Vietnam

by Charles Henderson
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2007

From the author of the military classics Marine Sniper and Silent Warrior comes the riveting tale of a dramatic military trial and a war within a war, where the fight is not for victory, but survival... In Vietnam, there’s the way things are supposed to be done—and the way they actually...

Knights of the Sea

The True Story of the Boxer and the Enterprise and the War of 1812

by David Hanna
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012

On a September day in 1813, as citizens watched from the rocky shore of Pemaquid, Maine, two of the last and bravest military sailing commanders engaged in a battle that would change the course of the War of 1812... Samuel Blyth was the youthful commander of His Britannic Majesty’s brig Boxer,...

Give Me a Fast Ship

The Continental Navy and America's Revolution at Sea

by Tim McGrath
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014

**WINNER OF THE SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATURE “A meticulous, adrenaline-filled account of the earliest days of the Continental Navy.”—New York Times Bestselling Author Laurence Bergreen** America in 1775 was on the verge of revolution—or, more likely, disastrous...

Stalkers and Shooters

A History of Snipers

by Kevin Dockery
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007

Now in paperback! From the author of the Navy SEALs Oral History series-an intimate look at the world's most efficient and deadly warriors. Snipers have a rich history. This fascinating book follows their tasks and techniques from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars through both World Wars, to...

Undaunted

The Real Story of America's Servicewomen in Today's Military

by Tanya Biank
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013

As she did so provocatively with military spouses in Army Wives, Tanya Biank gives us the inside story of women in today’s military—the professional and personal challenges that confront female soldiers from the combat zone to the home front... Since 9/11, more than 240,000 women soldiers...

The Ghost Warriors

Inside Israel's Undercover War Against Suicide Terrorism

by Samuel M. Katz
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016

The untold story of the Ya’mas, Israel's special forces undercover team that infiltrated Palestinian terrorist strongholds during the Second Intifada. It was the deadliest terror campaign ever mounted against a nation in modern times: the al-Aqsa, or Second, Intifada. This is the untold story...

Fear Up Harsh

An Army Interrogator's Dark Journey Through Iraq

by Tony Lagouranis, Allen Mikaelian
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007

"Something really bad happened here." So begins Army interrogator Tony Lagouranis's first briefing at Abu Ghraib. While Lagouranis's training stressed the rules of the Geneva Conventions, once in Iraq, he discovered that pushing the legal limits of interrogation was encouraged. Under orders,...

Battleground Atlantic

How the Sinking of a Single Japanese Submarine Assured the Outcome of WW II

by Richard N. Billings
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2006

The true story of a German-Japanese scheme to turn much of America into a radioactive wasteland.   In the early hours of June 24, 1944, U.S. Navy warplanes patrolling the Atlantic attacked a Japanese submarine known as the I-52. But this was more than the sinking of one more enemy warship. It was...

The Ghosts of Hero Street

How One Small Mexican-American Community Gave So Much in World War II and Korea

by Carlos Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014

They came from one street in Silvis, Illinois, but death found them in many places . . . . . .in a distant jungle, a frozen forest, and trapped in the flaming wreckage of a bomber blown from the sky. One died going over a fence during the greatest paratrooper assault in history. Another fell...

Onward We Charge

The Heroic Story of Darby's Rangers in World War II

by H. Paul Jeffers
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007

**“A terrific read.”—Larry Alexander, New York Times Bestselling Coauthor of A Higher Call Colonel William Darby was a hero by anyone's standards. His elite battalion of Army Rangers paved the way for Ranger success in subsequent wars—and left an unforgettable legacy in its wake.**   On...

Verdun

The Lost History of the Most Important Battle of World War I

by John Mosier
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013

Alongside Waterloo and Gettysburg, the Battle of Verdun during the First World War stands as one of history’s greatest clashes. Perfect for military history buffs, this compelling account of one of World War I’s most important battles explains why it is also the most complex and misunderstood. Although...

Act of War

Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo

by Jack Cheevers
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013

**WINNER OF THE SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATURE “I devoured Act of War the way I did Flyboys, Flags of Our Fathers and Lost in Shangri-la.”—Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author** In 1968, the small, dilapidated American spy ship USS Pueblo set...

When Tigers Ruled the Sky

The Flying Tigers: American Outlaw Pilots over China in World War II

by Bill Yenne
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016

From the acclaimed author of Hit the Target and Big Week, an in-depth account of the legendary World War II combat group, the Flying Tigers. In 1940, Pearl Harbor had not yet happened, and America was not yet at war with Japan. But China had been trying to stave off Japanese aggression for...
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