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  • Never Call Me a Hero

    A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway

    The bomber pilot whose bravery in the Battle of Midway changed the course of WWII recounts his story in this extraordinary memoir: "An instant classic" ( Dallas Morning News).On June 4, 1942, above the tiny Pacific atoll of Midway, Lt. (j.g.) "Dusty" Kleiss piloted his SBD Dauntless into a near-vertical dive aimed at the heart of Japan's Imperial Navy. The greatest naval battle in history raged ... Read more

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  • Marine!

    The Life of Chesty Puller

    by Burke Davis ...
    The gripping story of an extraordinary American hero, the most decorated man in US Marine Corps history, from a New York Times–bestselling author."We are flanked on both sides by an enemy that outnumbers us 29:1. They can't get away from us now!" —Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMCIn the glorious chronicles of the US Marine Corps, no name is more revered than that of Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Soldiers

    A Global History of the Fighting Man, 1800–1945

    A global study of how soldiers lived, worked, and fought, and how many died, spanning from the Napoleonic War to World War II.No matter the war, no matter the army, no matter the nationality, common threads run through the experiences of men at war. Soldiers highlights these shared experiences across 150 years of warfare, from the Napoleonic Wars through World War II and everything in between, ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spitfire Girl

    An extraordinary tale of courage in World War Two

    An extraordinary life in the shadows of war and a Century in the making.Diana Mackintosh came of age to the drone of sirens alerting the people of Malta to the arrival of relentless flights of belligerent German and Italian menace – the bombers she first imagined as a swarm of black flies, pests that stung and cursed her Mediterranean homeland. The three-year onslaught never took a day off; it was ... Read more

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  • Arnhem 1944

    The Human Tragedy of the Bridge Too Far

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    The airborne battle for the bridges across the Rhine at Arnhem ranks amongst the Second World Wars most famous actions inspiring innumerable books and the star-studded 1977 movie. This book, however, is unique: deeply moved, the author provides a fresh narrative and approach concentrating on the tragic stories of individual casualties.These men were killed at different junctures in the fighting, ... Read more

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  • Churchill

    Wanted Dead or Alive

    by Celia Sandys ...
    The Extraordinary Story of a Young Winston Churchill in the Boer War, as Told by His GranddaughterIn this lively biography of a dashing, brash twenty-five-year-old Churchill, Celia Sandys chronicles her celebrated grandfather’s adventures as a correspondent and combatant during nine months of the Anglo-Boer War—events that took him from the bivouacs and battle sites of Transvaal to his ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Escape Artists

    A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War

    by Neal Bascomb ...
    This "fast-paced account" of WWI airmen who escaped Germany's most notorious POW camp is "expertly narrated" by the New York Times bestselling author ( Kirkus, starred review).During World War I, Allied soldiers might avoid death only to find themselves in the abominable conditions of Germany's many prison camps. The most infamous was Holzminden, a land-locked Alcatraz that housed the most escape ... Read more

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  • The Undercover Nazi Hunter

    Exposing Subterfuge and Unmasking Evil in Post-War Germany

    by Wolfe Frank ...
    A 1949 series of articles on life in post-World War II Germany, written by an undercover German reporter for an American paper—and the story behind them.Wolfe Frank was chief interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials where he was dubbed "The Voice of Doom." A playboy turned resistance worker branded an "enemy of the state—to be shot on sight," he had fled Germany for England in 1937. Initially interned ... Read more

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  • We Few

    U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam

    A Green Beret's gripping memoir of American Special Forces in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.In 1970, on his second tour to Vietnam, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. Officially, it was known as the Studies and Observations group. In fact, this Special Forces squad, which Brokhausen calls "an unwashed, profane, ribald, joyously alive fraternity," undertook some of the most ... Read more

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  • How Carriers Fought

    Carrier Operations in World War II

    by Lars Celander ...
    An in-depth analysis of aircraft carrier battles in WWII and the evolution of carrier operations—from technology and strategy to life among the crew.First built in 1921, the aircraft carrier brought a new dimension to military strategy as the United States entered World War II. How Carriers Fought examines the evolution of carrier operations with a special focus on the conflict in the Pacific ... Read more

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  • The Killing School

    Inside the World's Deadliest Sniper Program

    An insider's look at the grueling three-month training program that produces the world's deadliest snipers.As a SEAL sniper and combat veteran, Brandon Webb was tapped to revamp the US Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Scout/Sniper School. Incorporating the latest advances in technology and ballistics software, he created an entirely new course that continues to test the skills and even the best ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • 1967

    The Year of Fire and Ice

    by Victor Brooks ...
    Blazing hot meets icy cool in a momentous year in US historyOn New Year’s Day in 1967, the 200 million Americans who lived in the United States were about to experience a fascinating, exciting, and sometimes bewildering twelve months that for many formed an iconic portion of their lives. Despite the fact that the coming year produced no Black Friday, Pearl Harbor, or 9/11 attack, the nation still ... Read more

    $16.99 USD